PHPCLANCHILDES with regular expressions

4 matches in 4 utterances

5.19 per 1,000 words of the child (CHI), in 1 of 1 transcripts (271 utterances, 770 words searched).

  1. why ? CHI · eng_british_Manchester_I/aran32a.cha, line 386 · Aran 2;10
  2. why ? CHI · eng_british_Manchester_I/aran32a.cha, line 482 · Aran 2;10
  3. why ? CHI · eng_british_Manchester_I/aran32a.cha, line 1227 · Aran 2;10
  4. why not ? CHI · eng_british_Manchester_I/aran32a.cha, line 1656 · Aran 2;10
  1. eng_british_Manchester_I/aran32a.cha, line 386 · Aran, 2;10.07
    MOTnot a hope .
    MOTwe're going to have to go in for engineering works on the line here ,, aren't we ?
    CHI*CHI: why ?
    MOTwell because Mummy hasn't made the bridge big enough .
    MOTyou're supposed to know how to build this bridge .
  2. eng_british_Manchester_I/aran32a.cha, line 482 · Aran, 2;10.07
    MOToh dear .
    MOTthere are definite problems with this bridge .
    CHI*CHI: why ?
    MOTbecause it keeps falling to bits .
    MOTright well .
  3. eng_british_Manchester_I/aran32a.cha, line 1227 · Aran, 2;10.07
    MOThe doesn't say you're a naughty boy .
    MOThe makes it hoot ,, doesn't he ?
    CHI*CHI: why ?
    MOTwell he obviously thought that you'd like to hear the train hoot ,, didn't he ?
    MOTdo you remember ?
  4. eng_british_Manchester_I/aran32a.cha, line 1656 · Aran, 2;10.07
    CHIbecause he want [*] to .
    MOTwell firemen don't usually extend their ladders ,, do they ?
    CHI*CHI: why not ?
    MOTunless there's an accident .
    MOTare they on a training run ?

Matches by age

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Matches by child

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

  1. Aran eng_british_Manchester_I5.19
All transcripts as a table
TranscriptChildAgeWordsUtterances matchedMatchesPer 1,000 words
eng_british_Manchester_I/aran32a.chaAran 2;10.07770445.19

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.

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