CHILDES Estonian Vija Corpus

Maigi Vija Tartu University maigi.vija@ut.ee

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Torn-Leesik, R., and Vija, M. (2012). Acquisition of the impersonal voice by an Estonian child. Journal of Baltic Studies (43), 251–71.

Pajusalu, R., Tõugu, P., Vija, M., & Tulviste, T. (2011). Konditsionaali omandamisest eesti lapsekeeles. Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühingu Aastaraamat (7), 141–155.

Vija, M., Torn-Leesik, R., & Pajusalu, R. (2009). Tegumood Eesti Lapsekeeles. Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühingu Aastaraamat (5), 329–344

Vija, M. (2007) . Pronoomenid lapsekeeles: monda mina ja sina omandamisest. Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühingu Aastaraamat (3), 373–384.

Vihman, M.M., Vija, M. (2008). The acquisition of verbal inflection in Estonian: Two Case Studies. In Gagarina, N., Gulzow, I. (eds). The Acquisition of Verbs and their Grammar: The Effect of Particular Languages. Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics, vol 33. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4335-2_11

Project Description

This corpus contains 74 files with 30911 child utterances, recorded between ages 1;7 and 3;1.13. Andreas (also called Antsu) is a firstborn Estonian-speaking child growing up in Tartu, Estonia. He was born on February 26, 1998. He can be called an early talker. Antsu is a very talkative and active boy. His father was working in construction materials supply and his mother was a student of linguistics. Andreas started to attend nursery school before the period of data collection, at the age of 1;6. The recordings were mainly carried out at home, where the child was playing with his mother and/or father. Meal time and other home activities were included. The recording sessions lasted 45-60 minutes each.

Acknowledgements

Sixty of these files (2;0.1-2;1.12 and 3;0.0-3;1.13) were recorded and transcribed with support from the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig.