The Mind of the Child, Part II: The Development of the Intellect, International Education; Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX.Preyer, William T.
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The Mind of the Child, Part II: The Development of the Intellect, International Education; Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX.
Preyer, William T.
Child development; Child psychology
[ Vater Mutter Anna Milch Kuh Pferd
| (father) (mother) (milk) (cow) (horse)
S. | _atte_ _amme_ _anne_ _minne_ _muh_ _hotto_
| _aette_ _aemme_ _dodo_
| _tate_ _aemmaem_ _paed_
| _fatte_ _maemme_
[ _matte_
{_va-ata_ _mama_ _anna_ _mimi_ _mumuh_ _otto_
P. {_papa_ _mukuh_ _pfowed_
{ _fowid_
Vogel Mund Nase Ohr Haare Finger Da
(bird) (mouth) (nose) (ear) (hair) (there)
S. _piep-piep_ _mund_ _ase_ _ohn_ _ale_ _finne_ _da_
P. _piep_, _pipiep_ _mum_ _nane_ _o-a_ _ha-i_ {finge _da_
{wi-er
Adieu Guten Tag Fort Ja Nein
(good-day) (away) (yes) (no)
S. _ade_ _tag_ _fot_ _ja_ _nein_
P. _adjee_ _tatach_ _wott_ _ja_; _jaja_ _neinein_
Grossmutter Kuk Zucker Karl Grete
(grandmother) (sugar)
{_tosutte_ _o-tute_ _zucke_ _all_ _ete_
S. {_abutte_
{_osmutte_
P. {_a-mama_ _kuk_ _ucka_ _kara_ _dete_
{_e-mama_
Sigismund noticed the following names of animals (in imitation of words
given to the children): _bae_, _put_, _gikgak_, _waekwaek_, _huhu_, _ihz_
(Hinz). I did not find these with my child. Sigismund likewise observed
_baie-baie_ for Wiege (cradle), which my child was not acquainted with;
_paepae_ for verborgen (hidden); _eichoenten_ for Eichhoernchen (squirrel);
_aepften_ for Aepfelchen (little apple); _maedsen_ and _maedis_ for Maedchen
(girl); _atatt_ for Bernhard; _hundis_ for Hundchen, the Thueringian form
of Huendchen (little dog); _pot_ for Topf (pot); _dot_ for dort (yonder).
On the other hand, both children used _wehweh_ for Schmerz (pain);
_caput_ for zerbrochen (broken to pieces); _schoos_, _sooss_ for "auf
den Schooss moecht ich" (I want to get up in the lap); _auf_ for "hinauf
moechte ich gehoben werden" (I want to be taken up); _toich_ for Storch
(stork); _tul_ for Stuhl (chair). A third child in my presence called
his grandmother _mama-mama_, i. e., twice-mamma, in distinction from the
mother. This, however, does not necessarily imply a gift for invention,
as the expression "Mamma's Mamma" may have been used of the grandmother
in speaking to the child.
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