fun things kids say as first class attention grabbers

[Rowland, Caroline]

If you're looking for mis-segmentation errors , how's this from my niece:

"Mummy, when I grow up I'm going to be awful."
Bah hah hah hah! Mwah hah hah hah! Tee hee hee! Moo hoo hoo! Etc
"Mummy, it's not funny, my teacher said it."
Eek.

Turns out her teacher had said "when you grow up, you're going to be an author".

Caro



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From: info-childes at googlegroups.com [info-childes at googlegroups.com] on behalf of Evan Kidd [evan.kidd at anu.edu.au]
Sent: 21 August 2013 04:58
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Hi Bruno et al.,

Thea Cameron-Faulkner and I published a diary study on the presence of (and recovery from) errors in the use of 1PS-present form of BE. There are quite a few examples in the paper:

Cameron-Faulkner, T., & Kidd, E. (2007). I’m are what I’m are: the acquisition of 1ps-present BE. Cognitive Linguistics, 18, 1 – 22.

Evan
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Heard on a London bus, in piercingly clear RP.

Little Sister (3) It's not fair, Mummy. My nose won't blow.
Big brother (4) Why won't Fissy's nose blow, Mummy? My nose is a snot factory.

Best wishes,
Caroline

Caroline Bowen PhD CPSP
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Speech Language Pathologist
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From: Bruno <brunilda at gmail.com<mailto:brunilda at gmail.com>>
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Date: Wednesday, 21 August 2013 12:44 PM
To: <info-childes at googlegroups.com<mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com>>
Subject: fun things kids say as first class attention grabbers

Hello all,

I like to use attention grabbers the first day of class in my language acquisition courses. I usually mention the fis phenomenon, McNeill and Braine on negative evidence, and some fun errors (for example from Erika Hoff's and Eve Clark's books, with attribution). Students laugh and become really interested in figuring out why kids say the darnedest things.
I was wondering if somebody can share examples that can be used this way or if people have some favorite ones they use.
Thanks all.

Bruno
Bruno Estigarribia
Assistant Professor of Spanish, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
Research Assistant Professor of Psychology, Cognitive Science Program
Affiliate Faculty, Global Studies
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


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