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MOTwhat's that ?
CHIdinner .
MOT*MOT: now [<] dinner well that must be something in the creche that they say at lunch time probably [>] .
GRAyes [<] because they usually say lunch don't they ?
MOTyes .
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CHIxxx [<] .
HVIyeah .
GRA*GRA: well that seems confusing for me you see because I don't know what # half of it means .
HVIyou're being turned into a researcher as well as a granny <don't you know that> [>] ?
GRAyes [>] .
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HVIyeah .
GRAwell that seems confusing for me you see because I don't know what # half of it means .
HVI*HVI: you're being turned into a researcher as well as a granny <don't you know that> [>] ?
GRAyes [>] .
GRAah there's another +...
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GRAyes [>] .
GRAah there's another +...
HVI*HVI: is your husband at the university as well ?
MOTno he works in London # he commutes .
HVIoh I think I remember you telling me that [>] .
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GRAno that's not nina ["] that's [//] # those are flowers .
CHI0.
HVI*HVI: the next # assessment that she has xxx two [//] at two and a half which is a more formal assessment she has a medical part with a doctor as well .
MOTmm hm .
GRAthat's an +...
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MOTI don't know # no .
GRA0.
HVI*HVI: well she knows what it is anyway .
GRAI think she'll have us on quite soon .
HVIisn't she sweet [<]?
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CHIninã [<] .
GRA<oh socks # M's socks> [>] .
HVI*HVI: <but she> [<] [/] she generally plays well with other children .
MOTyes .
HVI(be)cause I think sometimes at this age they haven't quite developed the idea of sharing or otherness yet have they and you can often get sort of xxx [>] .
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MOTyes [<] .
HVIif you've weighed her that <would be useful> [>] .
MOT*MOT: <and I looked> [<] [/] I looked [//] I haven't [/] well I haven't done [//] I did it # a couple of weeks ago # .
MOTI um then looked at [/] at the chart of the norms and I noticed that she was about # normal on # head circumferance and um # weight but she was [/] she [//] I think she was shorter than normal.
GRA<what are those> [<] ?
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CHIgalleta [<] .
GRAmm ?
MOT*MOT: she was in [//] well in the height I think she was quite <# she was within the> [/] # she was within the normal distribution but about [//] I don't know # about the fifth .
CHIgalleta [<] .
GRAyes [<] .
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CHIlight [<] .
GRAhm [>] ?
HVI*HVI: well [<] # that's [>] <common anyway at that stage> [>] .
CHIlights [<] .
GRA<yes that's right # lights> [<] .
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HVIyes these are the ones I use for [/] # for testing .
GRAoh these are yours are they ?
GRA*GRA: ah well we mustn't pack them away .
GRA(be)cause she had so My presents at Christmas I haven't really got to know them all .
CHIyyy [>] .
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HVIhow strange .
HVIthere's no Spanish word that could be equivalent obviously .
MOT*MOT: well it might come from dos ["] two # one two or something .
HVIah .
MOTit might be something to do with Sergie because he spends a lot of time [>] building bricks [>] with her .
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MOT<ah I> [<] think it must be uno # dos +...
GRAoh yes it must be because her daddy counts .
MOT*MOT: +, tres # sort of dush because she says dush when she wants to go upstairs as well .
HVIoh does she ?
GRAdoes she count up the stairs [>] ?
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GRAdoes [//] do you count the stairs as you go up ?
GRAbecause you usually [//] you often do with children and she might have got that idea from counting up the stairs <you know one two three> [>] .
MOT*MOT: <well I think> [<] she might generalize the # idea of the bricks on top of one another to <going up the stairs> [>] .
GRA<going up the stairs> [<] <yes she might> [>] do .
CHI<oh dear> [<] .
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GRA<now I wasn't sure> [<] [>] .
MOT<how did you know she knew> [<] ?
GRA*GRA: well because she went on looking xxx and found it .
GRAthat's clever M wasn't it ?
GRAthat was what was so funny last # week in your room because I dropped an apple and [//] all over the place and she kept going and sticking her nose under things and saying <apple apple> ["] # we kept finding more and more and she [/] she hadn't missed one single one .
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GRAoh [<] .
GRAwho did ?
MOT*MOT: Angus and [>] [//] # um well actually they're two separate things .
GRA<oh right> [<] yes .
MOTseventy seven and a half # centimetres .
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MOTare you measuring Granny's head ?
MOTare you sure you wouldn't like to know the measurements of Granny xxx ?
GRA*GRA: well Granny's always had a very big head for her small stature .
MOTxxx .
CHImummy .
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CHImummy .
GRAactually I always had very big hats for a tiny child .
MOT*MOT: yes # I've got a huge head as well .
GRA<of course it was hair partly on my case xxx > [>] .
MOTxxx [<] .
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CHIyyy [<] .
MOTno [<] .
HVI*HVI: but they are [//] # both the weight and height are very nicely together # and I think if we had a height [//] a head circumferance chart as well [//] we'd see that they were [//] that that was also # with the fiftieth [//] # just below the fiftieth centile so xxx [>] .
MOT<do you expect> [<] their um [/] # their height and weight at this stage to <still correlate> [>] with birth ?
CHIyyy .
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MOTthat's not true I weighed <seven and xxx > [>] .
CHIyyy [<] [>] .
GRA*GRA: <well seven fifteen> [<] no seventeen [//] seven fifteen you were yes [>] .
MOT<oh was I> [<] .
GRApractically the same eight pounds almost .
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HVIyou're very petite aren't you ?
HVIhow much do you weigh ?
GRA*GRA: well I # now weigh seven and a half stone but I have [//] I was a bit more [>] than that .
CHIGranny [<] .
CHIMummy .
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HVIgood things come in small packages anyway .
MOTwill you give the tape to Jane please .
GRA*GRA: well there is a great discrepancy on both sides of the family for Margaret and Sergio isn't there with tall and short # people .
MOTnot so much in his family # well yes there is .
GRAxxx he's short for the family [>] .
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MOTwill you give the tape to Jane please .
GRAwell there is a great discrepancy on both sides of the family for Margaret and Sergio isn't there with tall and short # people .
MOT*MOT: not so much in his family # well yes there is .
GRAxxx he's short for the family [>] .
MOT<yes [/] um> [<] # yes I suppose that's true [>] .
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GRAbecause on my side of the family Margaret's father's very tall and my # father for instance was very short so there's .
HVIisn't it strange # yes .
HVI*HVI: well I'm considered # very tall in my family if that'll give you any indication of how short we are # in Wales .
GRAyes .
HVIand I'm only five foot four but I tower above my sister and my mother .
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CHI0.
HVIshe looks like a miniature seamstress with that xxx going to measure me up .
MOT*MOT: put teddy in as well ?
HVIshall we put teddy in the bag # so I can take him home # take him home to bed ?
HVIgood girl [>] .
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HVIgood girl [>] .
CHIxxx [<] .
HVI*HVI: can you put that in as well ?
HVIthank you .
HVIand we'll put the tape measure in .
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MOTyes .
CHI0.
HVI*HVI: it's quite interesting actually (be)cause you can [//] # talking about children and how they react to certain # situations # from the sort of psychoanalytic point of view as well really adds some xxx richness to the xxx seminars when some of the students have never had any experience [>] .
CHI<yyy # yyy> [<] .
CHIbed [<] .
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CHIninã [<] [?] .
HVIxxx [>] .
GRA*GRA: xxx [<] well that's just the sort of thing they might [/] might be used .
HVIyes I'm sure people do try things like that .
HVIyou don't exactly look like heroin smugglers though .
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HVIyes I'm sure people do try things like that .
HVIyou don't exactly look like heroin smugglers though .
GRA*GRA: well xxx they don't do they [>] .
MOTxxx [<] .
HVIwhat um # what were you in South America for was it just a holiday or [>] ?
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GRA0.
HVIwhen will you finish your research ?
MOT*MOT: well it's a two year project <so um> [>] +...
HVI<oh marvellous> [<] .
MOT+, it's going on until she's three and a bit .
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CHI<yyy # yyy # yyy> [<] .
HVIit's very sort of Piagetian isn't it sort of very in depth study of one child <and sort of following it through> [>] .
MOT*MOT: <yes well it's [//] if [/] if you> [<] look at the language it's so detailed it's got so much data you don't know what to do with it really .
CHI0.
MOTand I mean I'm only going to be looking at [/] at first at the first at [/] at the stop consonants just those consonants of a particular kind that occur at the beginning of a word so I'm ignoring xxx .
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HVII mean I spent hours xxx [>] .
MOTxxx [<] because the transcription <is very> [>] .
HVI*HVI: <that's right> [<] well also # as well when you're you know sort of # quite inexperienced at these things as I am it's knowing what to look for and knowing the <short cuts> [>] and the .
MOTyes [<] .
GRAand then I push that down to pause .
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MOTnot # I think # since just # about half past nine no just after nine she was changed .
CHI0.
GRA*GRA: well ought she be changed before she goes out ?
MOTprobably # will you be able to manage ?
GRAyes .