In this piece, the father misinterprets instrumental language for representation according to Halliday. When Jess says "book" dad thinks she is labelling when she is in fact requesting to be read to. During the conversation she is answering, responding and labelling.
If Jess had full adult abilities of speech she would say:
"Dad I want you to read me the book"
"No dad, READ me the book, I know that's a book!"
"Yes read me the god damn book please dad."
"Yes there are some horses, and a dog, we saw Jim's dog in the shop."
"Yeah that's like Jim's dog, the one we saw in the shop."
"A sheep says baa, yes"
Jess, if had adult ability of speech, would be becoming frustrated with her dad for misinterpreting what she says, and his current repetition. The father is consistently reinforcing her knowledge of words and places.
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