PHPCLANCHILDES with regular expressions

6 matches in 6 utterances

4.42 per 1,000 words of everyone but CHI, in 1 of 1 transcripts (282 utterances, 1,357 words searched).

  1. why don't you do it on the table ? MOT · eng_USA_Brown/sarah103.cha, line 101 · Sarah 4;04
  2. why not ? GAI · eng_USA_Brown/sarah103.cha, line 527 · Sarah 4;04
  3. (be)cause why . MEL · eng_USA_Brown/sarah103.cha, line 531 · Sarah 4;04
  4. why won't she want to ? MOT · eng_USA_Brown/sarah103.cha, line 681 · Sarah 4;04
  5. why ? GAI · eng_USA_Brown/sarah103.cha, line 883 · Sarah 4;04
  6. what's the matter # why doesn't it run backwards ? MOT · eng_USA_Brown/sarah103.cha, line 952 · Sarah 4;04
  1. CHII think the dog's gone outside .
    GAItry doing it on the table # Sarah .
    MOT*MOT: why don't you do it on the table ?
    MELit's a lot easier # Sarah .
    MOTSarah # put it on the table .
  2. CHIaah # now I got # um +...
    CHII don't like myself .
    GAI*GAI: why not ?
    CHI(be)cause .
    MEL(be)cause why .
  3. GAIwhy not ?
    CHI(be)cause .
    MEL*MEL: (be)cause why .
    FAT0 .
    MOThey # you want your house keys ?
  4. CHInow watch me .
    MOTI think there's gonna be a war tomorrow when it's time for us to leave .
    MOT*MOT: why won't she want to ?
    MOTshe won't wanna go .
    MOTshe'll wanna stay here .
  5. GAIwhat did you do with them ?
    CHII'm gonna throw em out .
    GAI*GAI: why ?
    CHIbecause some little boys and girls don't have some .
    GAIyes ?
  6. CHIoh brother .
    CHIoh brother .
    MOT*MOT: what's the matter # why doesn't it run backwards ?
    BROthe transmission .
    MOToh no .

Matches by age

One dot per transcript: matches per 1,000 words of everyone but CHI. Dots of the same child are joined.

Matches by child

Matches per 1,000 words, all transcripts of each child together, highest first.

  1. Sarah eng_USA_Brown4.42
All transcripts as a table
TranscriptChildAgeWordsUtterances matchedMatchesPer 1,000 words
eng_USA_Brown/sarah103.chaSarah 4;4.011,357664.42

What the pattern matched

1 different forms (lowercased). Useful to see what a pattern really catches: unexpected forms here usually mean the pattern is too broad.

  1. why6 · 100.0%