CHDV4920ASSIGNMENT 1 (15 pt.) –AnalyzingGianna’slevel of phonological and lexical developmentUse evidence from Gianna’sspeech sample at the endof this documentto answer the following questions. Answers to the 4 questions should be reported in a single document and submitted on Canvas by 11:59 p.m. on 10/2/2020. See the sample assignment for reference. Using the same words and sentences from the sample assignment (even if substituting numbers and examples) will be considered plagiarism and will result in a 0 grade.PHONOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT 1.In what stage of phonological developmentis Giannain? That is, is she
(a) in the pre-linguisticspeech sound development stage? (b) Or in the first words stage?
(c) Or in the stage characterized byphonological processes?
(d) Or in the period of phonetic inventory completion? (e) Or in the stage ofadvanced phonology? Justify your answer by giving herpronunciation accuracy(in %).2.Describeat least 4 of Gianna’sphonological processes. Provides different examples for each.LEXICAL DEVELOPMENTDoesGiannause wordsreferentially(as adults) orarethere somecontext-bound words,over- andunder-extensions?Defineeach oftheseand giveexamplesfrom the sample. Calculatethesample’slexical diversityand discusswhetherthere are more nouns,verbsoradjectivesin the sample. 6KRZWKDW\RXFDQLGHQWLI\QRXQVYHUEVDQGDGMHFWLYHVZLWKH[DPSOHVHow to calculate thesample’s lexical diversity:BCountall nouns, verbs and adjectives in the sample.CFor example, let’ssay the child says:dog,blue,go,house,go,pretty,dog,big,cat,blue.DCountallthesewords(onlynouns,verbsandadjectives):10totalwords.ECountalldifferent words(norepetitionscounted):dog,blue,go,house,pretty,big,cat=7FDividethenumberofdifferentwords(7)bythenumberoftotalwords(10)= 7/10= 0.7GRatiosabove0.5meanthevocabularyinthesampleisvaried.HRatioslowerthan0.5meanthatthe vocabularyis repetitive.IA 0.7ratioindicatesthatthechild’svocabularyinthesampleisavaried.IMPORTANT TIPS-Do not just give age as your answer for the stage.-Use Gianna’spronunciation accuracy to justify your answer.-Use the document titled “Guidelines for coding speech samples” to figure out howto calculate pronunciation accuracy.-Provide specific examples from the transcription, accompanied by utterancenumbers.-Discuss your findings integrating information from thetextbook and the lecturematerials.

Rubrics for grading this assignment: Is the student’s analysis for phonological development accurate and complete with examples?Minimally –1 pointPartially –2.5 pointsFully –5pointsIs the student’s analysis for lexical development accurate and complete with examples?Minimally –1 pointPartially –2.5 pointsFully –5 pointsIs the writing free of grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors and does it demonstrate effective communication?Minimally –1 pointPartially –2.5 pointsFully –5 pointsTOTAL POSSIBLE POINTS: 15Gianna’s Speech Sample Giannais a 34-month-old girl and the youngest of four children. Her oldest brother is 14, and the one nearest in age to her is 10, and so she has many competent language users available to her. The family is Asian American; however, only English is spoken in the household as both parents are second generation American born Chinese. Gianna’s mother is a high school English teacher with a master’s degree, while her father is a USC graduate who manages several apartments and stays home with his daughter. The family can be considered middle class. Presently, Giannais not attending preschool, but she will begin as soon as she turns 3.The recording, by a digital recorder, took place in Gianna’s home in order to maintain a comfortable, familiar atmosphere with the hopes that it would encourage the most natural responses from the child. The interview took place on a Monday afternoon while Gianna’s mother, father and one brother were at home, and it lasted for 45 minutes. The recording was then transcribed by the interviewer, using the following abbreviations to denote the participants: CHI (child), INT (interviewer), MOT (mother), DAD (father), and BRO (brother). /Slashes/ indicate phonological processes, that is, how the child actually pronounced certain words. Only 100 of the child’s utterances were transcribed for evaluation purposes.Mom, dad, and Tom(brother) are all at home preoccupied with their own activities. Giannais eating a chicken drumstick by herself whilewatching TV.1.CHI: What you doing?IMPORTANT TIPS-Give actual numbers of words. Do not just say ‘most words are nouns.’ -Discuss your findings integrating information from thetextbook and the lecture materials. -Provide specific examples from the transcription, accompanied by utterance numbers.

INT: I just wanna see you talk.MOT: What’s Tomdoing?2.CHI: Take a picture Tom.INT: No.3.CHI: Yes.INT: I’m not taking pictures. I’m making a video.4.CHI: I don’t /wan/ “want” /bideo/ “video.”INT: What’d you say?5.CHI: I don’t /wan/ “want” /bideo/ “video.”INT: You don’t want video?6.CHI: No.FAT: Where’s my handicap placard?7.CHI: Some of my dad’s missing.INT: Some of your dad’s what?8.CHI: Missing.INT: Missing what?9.CHI: Be quiet /dere/ “there.”INT: Who?10.CHI: You.INT: Why?11.CHI: Leave me /lone/ “alone.”INT: You?12.CHI: Yes.INT: Ok. I’m just watching TV.13.CHI: You’re not.INT: Yeah.Giannagets up from her seat and walks to get a better look at interviewer’s recording device.14.CHI: Are you watching a /bideo/ “video?”INT: No, I’m making a video. Can you just eat your chicken? Hey, do you wanna go to school with Tom?Giannashakes her head.Why not?15.CHI: I’m not /bigga/ “bigger” yet.INT: What?16.CHI: I’m not /bigga/ “bigger” yet.Giannacontinues to eat the chicken and grimaces while chewing a piece.INT: Ok. Is that bone?17.CHI: No.INT: You know what that’s called?18.CHI: I /don/ “don’t” know.INT: That’s called ‘cartilage.’ Can you say ‘cartilage?’19.CHI: I’m eatingit!INT: Cartilage? It’s yummy, huh? I like it.20.CHI: Me too.INT: You know who else likes it?21.CHI: Hm?INT: You know who else likes cartilage? Spartacus. (Spartacus is the dog.)22.CHI: Yummy. Anymore?INT: Anymore cartilage?23.CHI: Yeah.INT: You find it.

24.CHI: I /dink/ “think” /iss/ “it’s” in /hewe/ “here.” No!INT: Just eat it. Is it meat? Don’t eat the bone.25.CHI: /Car der lidge/ “Cartilage!”INT: Good job. K, if it’s too hard, don’t eat it. Cartilage is soft.26.CHI: Hm?INT: If it’s too hard, don’t eat it. Cartilage is soft.27.CHI: /Iss/ “it’s” soft.INT: Ok. Only Sparticus can eat the bone.28.CHI: I’m not eating/dis/ “this” one.29.CHI: I’m /jus/ “just” /holdin/ “holding” /car da lidge/ “cartilage.”INT: Good girl.Father coughs in the next room.Are you still coughing like your dad?Giannanods her head.What’s gonna make it better?30.CHI: Juicy.INT: Tell your dad, ‘Drink juice.’31.CHI: He’s Coke/wid/ “with” /dat/ “that.”INT: He drinks Coke with that?32.CHI: Yeah.INT: He’s never gonna get better.33.CHI: If he drink lot of Coke, I… Hey, /get/ “guess” what? I found it!INT: What is that?34.CHI: Mango.The child says “mango” but it’s actually a papaya. INT: No! That’s not mango. What did I teach you that was?35.CHI: I’m eatingmango!!INT: It’s papaya! Are you still hungry?36.CHI: No.INT: But you still have meat.37.CHI: I /don/ “don’t” want it.MOT: Let’s go wash your hands.Mother takes Giannato wash her hands.38.CHI: Hey! Tomis watching a /bideo/“video”in his room! INT: He’s watching Spiderman.39.CHI: I want to watch Cinderella’s /bideo/! MOT: We’ll do it later, OK?Giannadries her hands and runs back out to the living room where her plate and juice remainat the table.40.CHI: I /wan/ “want” some /fine/ “find” /da/ “the” bone.MOT: Oh, you found the bone?Giannasips juice, runs to the sink, and spits it out.INT: Hey, mama’s gonna get mad you.41.CHI: No, mama not.Giannaruns to her room and hides behind toy bins.42.CHI: I /wan/ “want” Tom make my /seeket/ “secret” hide-out dark.INT: You want Tomto make your secret hide-out dark? Ask him again.43.CHI: Tom! I /wan/ “want” you make my /seeket/ “secret” hide-out dark.INT: What’s the magic word?44.CHI: Please, Tom.BRO: What?

MOT: Can Auntie Carrie make it for you?45.CHI: Yes.INT: Like this?Interviewer drapes blanket over bins.46.CHI: Try/an/ “and” /fine/ “find” me.INT: I can’t make it stay. Wait.47.CHI: Try /an/ “and” /fine/ “find” me!INT: I know where you are!Blanket falls off the toy bins hiding Gianna.48.CHI: It fell down! It fell down!INT: Don’t move. Don’t move it.Giannacomes out from behind the bins with toy medical instruments.49.CHI: Sick.INT: Who is?50.CHI: You.INT: No.Giannaputs toys down and reaches to grab interviewer’s recording device.51.CHI: Is /dat/ “that” your /cara/ “camera?”INT: Who is that?Interviewer points to camera screen capturing image of Gianna’s brother and shows Gianna.52.CHI: I /don/ “don’t” know.INT: Who is that?53.CHI: I /don/ “don’t” know.INT: Yes, you know who that is.Giannacontinues to grab at camera while interviewer keeps it out of reach.54.CHI: I know what’s to do!INT: You can’t. It’s your dad’s. You can’t touch it.Giannaruns towards her bedroom.55.CHI: /Dat’s/ “That’s” my… /Dat’s/ “That’s” my police station. I can take you /dewe/ “there.”INT: Where is your police station?56.CHI: /Pollow/ “Follow” me!INT: Where are you going?57.CHI: /Goin/ “Going” to my police station!Interviewer inquires about a toy box nearby.INT: What’s inside there? You were gonna show me.58.CHI: /Dat’s/ “that’s” your surprise storage.INT: That’s my surprise what?59.CHI: Storage.INT: Storage.60.CHI: Yes.INT: Where’d you get that?61.CHI: /Fom/ “From” my room.INT: From who?62.CHI: /Fom/ “From” my room.INT: My room? I don’t have a room here.BRO: Yeah, you do. Because you’re part of our family.63.CHI: Ah… /Booga/ “Booger” family.INT: Booger family? What’s going on here?Giannaattempts to squeeze into the same seat as the interviewer.64.CHI: Move it.

INT: No, watch this.65.CHI: I /don/ “don’t” want to watch.INT: Watch. Look at Tom.66.CHI: What?INT: You see him?67.CHI: Let’s, let’s, let’s close it because he’s not gonnawatch.Giannaattempts to press button on interviewer’s camera.INT: No, I’m watching.68.CHI: Can I play /wit/ “with” your phone?INT: No. Let me do this.69.CHI: /Weady/ “Ready!”INT: I don’t have games.70.CHI: I’m /jus/ “just” playing.INT: Ok, press that one. See and then the light comes on.71.CHI: Uh, I want to /jus/ “just” work.INT: It doesn’t work. It’s just a phone. It doesn’t have games like mama’s phone.72.CHI: Let me check /da/ “the…”Giannawraps interviewer’s cell phone in a ToysRUs advertisement.INT: What? You wanna check the newspaper?73.CHI: Wait. Wait. Wait.INT: What are you doing? What am I waiting for?Giannaputs the cell phone and advertisement on the table and runs to her mother in the kitchen.74.CHI: Mama, can I have candy?MOT: No.75.CHI: Why?76.CHI: Wait. I /wan/“want” Auntie Carrie to stoprecord /dis/ “this.”77.CHI: Stop it.Giannaruns back to interviewer from the kitchen.78.CHI: You have to come /wit/ “with” me to look it.79.CHI: Cometo look it.INT: Going to where?80.CHI: Look it.INT: Look it?81.CHI: No. We’s… We’re going to my Lookit’s house!INT: Your Lookit’s house?Father puts on a movie per brother’s request.INT: What are we watching? “Pitch Perfect?”82.CHI: Mommy?83.CHI: Can I have /pockorn/ “popcorn?”MOT: Yes.84.CHI: Do you have Tom/bideo/ “video” of him doing /dis/ “this” taking picture of me?85.CHI: Take it.INT: I have it on my phone. My old phone.86.CHI: Where your/ole/ “old” phone?INT: At my house.Giannais fixated on the movie playing and sings along with the introduction.87.CHI: Blah blah rab da dab dab da!88.CHI: I’m a funny face!Brother and I laugh. Giannadances to the music from the TV.89.CHI: I’m a funny face!90.CHI: I’m a funny face!

91.CHI: I’m a funny face!92.CHI: I’m a funny face!Giannaeats the popcorn her mother brings her.93.CHI: /Is/ “It’s” hard.94.CHI: Bone!INT: No, no, no. Not bone. Kernel. Look it. She’s gonna sing. Ready?95.CHI: One. Two. /Tree/ “Three.” Four. Five.Girl on TV throws up.96.CHI: Ew!97.CHI: No more?INT: No more throw up.98.CHI: Watch.Giannadances to the music from the TVand continues to eat her popcorn.99.CHI: /Wan/ “Want” some?INT: No, thanks. Ok, maybe just one. You pick one. Thanks.MOT: Hey, Auntie Carrie said thanks. What do you say?100.CHI: Welcome.