A-Level English LanguageYear 2017Q2
8 Read Text B on pages 6–7 of the source booklet before answering Question 2 in the space provided below. 2 Analyse the children’s spoken language and the ways in which they interact with each other. You should refer to the following language frameworks and levels as appropriate: • phonology • morphology • lexis • syntax • discourse. 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(Total for Question 2 = 30 marks) TOTAL FOR PAPER = 50 MARKS 16 BLANK PAGE *P49873A* Paper Reference Turn over Do not return this source booklet with the question paper. Friday 26 May 2017 – Morning Source booklet 8EN0/02 English Language Advanced Subsidiary Paper 2: Child Language Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE P49873A ©2017 Pearson Education Ltd. 1/1/1 Turn over 2 P49873A BLANK PAGE 3 P49873A Turn over CONTENTS Page English Phonemic Reference Sheet 4 Text A – written text by Isla aged 7 years 5 months 5 Text B – transcription of two siblings playing together 6–7 4 P49873A English Phonemic Reference Sheet Vowels kit dress trap lot strut foot ɪ e æ ɒ ʌ ʊ letter fleece bath thought goose nurse ə i: ɑ: ɔ: u: ɜ: Diacritics /: / = length mark. These vowels may be shorter in some accents and will be transcribed without the length mark /: / in this case. Diphthongs face goat price mouth choice near square cure eɪ əʊ ɑɪ ɑʊ ɔɪ ɪə eə ʊə Consonants pip bid tack door cake good p b t d k g chain jam fly vase thing this tʃ ʤ f v θ ð say zoo shoe treasure house mark s z ʃ ʒ h m not sing lot rose yet witch n ŋ l r j w Glottal stop Syllabic /l/ bottle Syllabic /n/ fatten ʔ ļ ņ 5 P49873A Turn over Text A This text was written by Isla (aged 7 years 5 months) and was produced at home with some help from her mother. She was writing to the former Prime Minister. A typed version of the data is provided as a guide only. The appearance of the text, including the use of capital letters and some punctuation, has been standardised. Refer to the original text for specific language features. Typed version: Dear Mister Camran Pleasce can you not cut the trees down because the animmalls will not bee a live and they make the air cleens thank you from Isla Webster and Jacob Webster and mummy Webster 6 P49873A Text B This is a transcript of a conversation between two siblings; Isla (aged 7 years 3 months) and Jacob (aged 4 years 9 months). It was recorded in the family home. The children are playing with bath toys. KEY I = Isla J = Jacob (.) = micro pause (less than a second) (3) = longer pause (number of seconds indicated) /_ / = phonemic transcription (will be used once unless pronunciation changes) [_] = paralinguistic feature or other action Bold = stressed word ? = rising intonation J: is is this /dɪs/ a squirty /skwɜ:tɪ/ one I: this one i (.) these /ði:z/ (1) are J: where’s the sponge /ʃkʊnʤ/ why isn’t the sponge /ʃʊnʤ/ in here /ɪə/? I: cos it’s not a toy (2) Jacob these are sq (.) these are squirty (.) these rubber /wʊbə/ duckies /dʊkɪz/ are sq (.) I’m going to have /gənuæv/ these (.) you have /æv/ these J: how’s that /zæʔ/ fair I: we’ve got /gɒʔ/ the same amount /əmɑʊənʔ/? J: I haven’t /ævənʔ/ (.) I want more I: well I’ve got one (.) two (.) three /fri:/ (1) and /ən/ four J: I’ve only got /gɒʔ/ three /fri:/ (4) I: oh shall I say eenie meanie meanie mo pop the baby on the po for this one (1) eenie minie meanie mo pop the baby on the po ip skip skop (.) it is not (1) you [laughter] J: [inaudible] I’m going to /gənə/ be a croc I: how’s that /zæʔ/ fair now J: cos I’ve got three (5) fair enough (.) you can have /æv/ the sponge okay (.) you can clean yourself (4) I: you can pop it in the middle that /ðæʔ/ rubber /rʊbə/ ducky J: the /də/ rubber ducky /dʊkɪ/ or the /lə/ octopus I: octopus so we can both /bəʊf/ play with /wɪf/ it /ɪʔ/ J: I’m in a crab /kəwæb/ (3) oh all of the /lə/ straight ones go here /hɪə I: but not mine what /wɒʔ/ I’ve got J: this has a straight bottom on that I: this does but I’m not popping /pʊpɪn/ mine what I’ve got (1) Jacob (.) can I have this one 5 10 15 20 7 P49873A J: how’s that fair I: I gived you the rubber ducky J: it’s not fair (2) can (.) can I have the tortoise I: no (1) you can have the a rubber ducky J: I want the octopus (.) the oc octopus is gooder than me (1) right it’s fair on me I: it’s fair on me cos I’ve got one (.) two (.) three (.) four (1) how many have you got J: three so I don’t need another /ənʊvə/ one (3) I: I’m filling this up (2) J: one (.) two I: Jacob it hurt me when you hitted me (6) J: [squirts water] do you want me to squirt you I: don’t [laughter] don’t don’t /dəʊənt/ don’t [laughter] this is the squirty heart I’ve got a squirty one (3) J: all of them are squirty (4) I: Jacob I don’t like it 25 30 35 8 P49873A BLANK PAGE Source information: Texts A and B: private texts and transcripts – permission obtained for use.

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Syllabus levelAdvanced Level (A-Level)
SubjectEnglish Language
Official MarksVariable (2–6 marks)