AN ANALYSIS OF BABY TALK IN LAMPUNG PESISIR

By:

LIDYA SHINTA MUTIARA

(0643042020)

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT S1 (NR)

LAMPUNG UNIVERSITY

2010

Chapter 1

Baby talk

Infant language developments starts in the womb

Even from within the womb, babies are trying to communicate. The awareness of speech sounds is also developing at this time. An important strategy for early promotion of language is introducing the unborn baby different types of speech. Having continual communication is important.

After birth, and leaving the underwater world of the womb, an infant will begin to vocalize his or her communication. From birth until about 4 months of age, this communication consists mainly of reflexive crying to express feelings ( Fitzpatrick, 2002). At this point, it is imperative to continue speaking with the baby.

Who investigated the properties of mother’ speech to their children in first language acquisition study found that children heard fluent meaningful and coherent corpus of linguistic features which could be used as data for language learning.

Other studies in first language acquisition have found that mother’s speech to their children have special register known as ‘motherese’ or ‘caretaker speech’, or ‘caregiver speech’. In these studies mothers, speaking with their first born children, were found to modify the form and content of their speech in ways which were distinctive in kind or number.

In term of more interactional perspective mother speech also has the following features :
a. mother’ repetition of their own words and those of their children.
b. Sometimes, mothers expanded what their children said by using additional commentary or adding grammatical inflection.

By around 14 to 20 months of age, a child will usually speak actual words. They begin with simple words that they have heard often, such as ‘mama’ or ‘dada’. These words eventually turn into two-word phrases, which is the next step on the journey of speech. Two-words phrases such as ‘come baby’ or ‘doggie gone’ begin around the age of 2 years. By this point, a baby should have around 50 words in her vocabulary. When a child can link two words together, it shows an understanding of both words and content. Object and action words are understood and expressed. Language socialization research provides important insight into young children’s linguistic and cultural development and helps us understand the relationships between the cultural context and the use of language with and around children (King and Park, 2003).


Occasion :

At Lampung Pesisir Families

● Baby’s name : Dhea Anggrainy
Age : 3 years old
Sex : Female

● Mother’s name : Farida
Age : 33 years old

● Father’s name : Iyan
Age : 35 years old

● Aunty’s name : Faransia
Age : 32 years old

● Grandfather’s name : Rodi Jaya
Age : 60 years old

* Place : Ampai Street No.2 Teluk Betung Utara
(at home)

* Time : 11.20 a.m

Baby talk in Lampung Pesisir families ( dialec A )

In this dialogue, there are four groups, where the first group includes those who have speaking Lampung Pesisir dialec A. They talk about daily activities, their habit. We will find the differences in their Lampung speaking ability from their dialogue :

1.First speaking :
The scripts of their dialogue are as follows :

▪ Grandfather : Dhea,,,, dikayun emak mengan pay ?
• Dhea : Iyu…….mung,,,,,,!!!!!
▪ Grandfather : pagun betong Dhea ?
• Dhea : em,,,,,, 
▪ Gandfather : Dhea…… dhe…..?????
• Dhea : em…. Mung…. 

From the dialogue above, we found that those babies do not have any difficulties in speaking with her grandfather.

2.Second speaking :
The scripts of their dialogue are as follows :

▪ Mother : Dhea……mengan pay ?
• Dhea : Gak…..!!!!! 
▪ Mother : Dhea………..
• Dhea : Api….?/////?////?/// 
▪ Mother : Mengan pay…. Dhea….?
• Dhea : Gakkkkkkkkkk…..!!!!!!!!
▪ Mother : Cepet lage DHe…..?
• Dhea : Mak…..!!!!!! 
▪ Mother : Dhea……?/////?!!!!
• Dhea : em,,,,,,,
▪ Mother : Mengan…????
• Dhea : emmmm,,,,,,!!!!!!
▪ Mother : Dhea….?/?!!!
• Dhea : Api…..????
▪ Mother : Mengan Dhe…??
• Dhea : Emmmm……!!!!

From the dialogue above, we found that the baby can not speaking well with her mother.

3.Third speaking
The scripts of their dialogue are as follows :

▪ Aunty : Haga mit dipa niku Dhea ???
• Dhea : ..
Midokh…..
▪ Aunty : Mengan pay Dhea….?
• Dhea : Iyuuuu… 
▪ Aunty : Midokh ne dang jauh-jauh yo…??
• Dhea : iyu…. 
▪ Aunty : haga mayinin api Dhe…???
• Dhea : nih…… 
( showing the doll )
From the dialogue, we found that the baby do not have speak the materials when she shown the doll to her aunty.

4.Fourd speaking
The scripts of their dialogue are as follows :

▪ Father : Dhea…. Mandi pay?
• Dhea : iyu yah…….!!!
▪ Father : Nginum susu Dhe….???
• Dhea : em,,,,!!!! 


An analysis of baby talk.

Research suggests that baby talk its strongest effect. When the baby talk to her families, the babies always said “emm,,”. Old habits are not easy to break and the babies talk begin.
The baby is four years old and she is kindergarten at Patkreasi school at Teluk Betung Utara. The baby talks with her grandfather, her mother, her father, and her aunty.This conversation tells about the daily activities in the evening when the baby must eating. When the conversation was occur, I try to analyze what the baby talk.
Her families talks in Lampung Pesisir language. And sometimes the baby answers the question use Lampung language also because her environment contains of Lampung people, but the baby do not really understand what her families said.
Her family tries to speak clearly to their baby, and her pronunciation is well. Baby has been understood, but the baby can not answer clearly.

Conclusion :

Every parents may feel that they have already tried they babies can talk native speak, and native language like them. So, the babies always talk native language (lampung dialec A) to her families.