Fw: Diminutives

[Jean Berko Gleason]

Hello Zuzana

We looked at diminutives in English parent speech a few years ago, and 
reported on it in this chapter...we also described how we did it, though 
the CLAN procedures have changed somewhat.  But this is the general idea!


Jean Berko Gleason



Gleason, J. Berko, Perlmann, R. Y., Ely, D.,& Evans, D. (1994).  The 
babytalk register: Parents' use of diminutives.  In J. L. Sokolov & C. 
E. Snow (Eds.), Handbook of Research in Language Development Using 
CHILDES.  Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates





Zuzana Ondráčková wrote:
> Dear Info-CHILDES,
> 
> I am a Ph.D. student and I have been working on my dissertation thesis. It
> focuses on comparative analysis of lexis used in child-directed speech and
> child speech (2-5 years old children) in the Slovak and English languages.
> I am especially interested in diminutives and other words that are typical
> of baby talk.
> Could you advise me if there is any possibility how to gather
> these data?
>  To collect as many English "child words" as possible is essential for my
> research. Thanks in advance for any information or advice that could 
> help me.
> 
> 
>  Zuzana Ondráčková
> 
>