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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lang Learn Dev. 2016 Jul 13;13(1):54–79. doi: 10.1080/15475441.2016.1193020
Parent Utterance Explanation for no code
M is there a mirror? Structural question
M no mirror on this penguin. --
M but a mirror on this. --
M the penguin[TT:NP] is up there.
M let's sit down together and eat our egg. (understood) 2nd person subject
M i/'ll sit in the blue chair. 1st person subject
M blue? --
M the blue chair? --
M should i sit here or here? Structural question
M blue? --
M sit in the blue chair? --
M green. --
M this plate[TT:NP] is green.
M {oh} it[TT:P] is hot.
M the egg[TT:NP] is on top.
M the egg[TT:NP] is in the cup.
M {oh} do you wanna get the baby out of the closet? Structural question
M in the closet. --
M get the stroller out. (understood) 2nd person subject
M there[Lab]/'s orange juice in the bottle.
M we/'ll just pretend. 1st person plural subject
M there[Lab]/'s milk in this bottle.
F is this old bessie the cow? Structural question
F it[Lab]/'s a cart for the pumpkin/s.
F put the pig/s in there. (understood) 2nd person subject
F carry the pig/s around. (understood) 2nd person subject
F farmer[TT:NP]/'s in the tractor.
F yeah. --
F the horsie. --
F the horsie[TT:NP]/'s walk/ing.
F the horsie/z tail. --
F the fence[TT:NP] broke.
F let's fix the fence. (understood) 2nd person subject
F it[TT:P]/'s fixed.
F you wanna play with the barn? Structural question
F the big cow[TT:NP] fell.
F yeah. --
F baby cow. --
F bessie. --
F that[Lab]/'s the daddy?
F (this is) bessie[TT:NP]/'s the mama cow?
F yeah. --
F a chicken. --
F put/ing the chicken away. --
F i don't know where the baby/s are. wh-movement in 3rd person embedded clause