NOPRISYAH HARIANTO 0743042027 ( BABY TALK )

SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
( BABY TALK )
(ASSIGNMENT)





Noprisyah Harianto
0743042027


ENGLISH EDUCATION AND TEACHER TRAINING
THE UNIVERSITY OF LAMPUNG
BANDAR LAMPUNG
2010
BABY TALK



Baby talk involves shortening and simplifying words, with the possible addition of allured words and non verbal utterances, and can invoke a vocabulary of its own. Some utterances are invented by parents within a particular family unit, or passed down from parent over generations, while others quite widely known.

A fair number of baby talk and nursery words refer bodily functions or private parts, partly because the words are relatively easy to pronounce. Moreover, such word reduce adults discomfort such things without breaking adult taboos.


These are the script of the conversation between mother and his daughter in front of the house when they are taking a rest.
The mother commands his child to eat.

Mother : Pailah kite makan kudai !
Child : Tuape ulai mak?
Mother : Gulai tadi masih gi ade.
Child : Aiii semang aku ame ulai luk adi tulah.
Mother : Nak ape dengah?
Child : Dikde kah galak ame ulai luk adi tulah.
Mother : Masih gi ade teluk auu!
Child : Auu,,
Mother : Nah..
Child : ( Child is eating ) udim akhh.
Mother : Dikit agi ini,, abisi ngah kamu tulah, sayang ame dikde diabisi
Child : Udim akhh, dik abisi umak kiah.
Mother : Ku enjukah miong nasik ni kele
Child : Dik abis agi nasik nye,
Mother : Nahhh dikit agi.
Child : Aii udim akhh..
Mother : Enjukah miong kian nasiknye.
Child : Dikde abis.
Mother : Sare ngajung dengah makan.
Child : Enjukah ngah miong kiah mak he he
Mother : Marahi ubak kele dengah ni.
Child : Mane ubak mak?
Mother : Dang bejalan.
Child : balek kebile?
Mother : nguk abis nasik nii.
Child : auu


BABY TALK WITH PETS

Many people use falsetto, glissando, and repetitive speech similar to baby talk when addressing their pets. Such as is not commonly used by professionals who train working animals, but is very common among owners of companion pets, This style of speech is different from baby talk, despite intonal similarities, especially if the speaker used rapid rhythms and forced breathiness which may mimic the animal's utterances. Pets often learn to respond well to the emotional states and specific commands of their owners who use baby talk, especially if the owner's intonations are very distinct from ambient noise, For example, a dog may recognize baby talk as his owner's invitation to play( as is a dog's natural "play bow"); a cat may learn to come when addressed with the high pitched utterance, "Heeeeeeeerree miong-miong-miong kitty-kitty-kitty-kitty-kitty-kitty"!.



CONCLUTION
Based on the conversation above we know that the child can’t speak fluently. Unconsciously the mother teaches her child to speak when she gives her child command to eat. Sometimes child follows what she has told. And insides a conversation between mother and child, found several words not yet known by child and mother task to teach language that should be understood by child like to how child can learn pronunciations.

Krashen (1980) input hypothesis has inspired a large amount of research that attempt to find out the relationship between input and interaction in second/foreign language learning. Studies that attempt to prove the influence comprehensible input in first language acquisition have resulted in terms.