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boo n 96This is a good example of positive reinforcement of the child's behaviour following a negative threat. It also illustrates how parents modify the severity of threats so as not to frighten the child unduly. 97The cellar would most probably be a root cellar, dug to a considerable depth be...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/9702 2023-12-31T10:19:30+01:00 boo-darbies xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/9702 eng eng B 1972 J.D.A.Widdowson VISUAL VERBAL CONTROL P.294 295. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 4902 B_4902_boo n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/9702 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:37Z boo n 96This is a good example of positive reinforcement of the child's behaviour following a negative threat. It also illustrates how parents modify the severity of threats so as not to frighten the child unduly. 97The cellar would most probably be a root cellar, dug to a considerable depth below ground and therefore dangerous for a young child. 295. Darby will carry you away." She said that he was a black man with horns. This proved to be very effective, because up to the age of nine or ten, I always shuddered when she mentioned the Boo-Darby. Since that time I have also heard the same statement used just as effectively by my sister, who now lives in St. John's, on her children. (English Harbour West) 67-5. See cited quotation. (card (C)) cont'd. (PTO) Used I and Sup Used I 4 Not used See B_13506 for reverse. This is the last in a three-card series, from cards B_4900 to B_4902. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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boo n 96This is a good example of positive reinforcement of the child's behaviour following a negative threat. It also illustrates how parents modify the severity of threats so as not to frighten the child unduly. 97The cellar would most probably be a root cellar, dug to a considerable depth below ground and therefore dangerous for a young child. 295. Darby will carry you away." She said that he was a black man with horns. This proved to be very effective, because up to the age of nine or ten, I always shuddered when she mentioned the Boo-Darby. Since that time I have also heard the same statement used just as effectively by my sister, who now lives in St. John's, on her children. (English Harbour West) 67-5. See cited quotation. (card (C)) cont'd. (PTO) Used I and Sup Used I 4 Not used See B_13506 for reverse. This is the last in a three-card series, from cards B_4900 to B_4902. |
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B 1972 J.D.A.Widdowson VISUAL VERBAL CONTROL P.294 295. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 4902 B_4902_boo n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/9702 |
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