PHPCLANCHILDES with regular expressions

9 matches in 8 utterances

11.36 per 1,000 words of the child (CHI), in 1 of 1 transcripts (259 utterances, 792 words searched).

  1. why ? CHI · eng_british_Manchester_I/aran34a.cha, line 226 · Aran 2;10
  2. why ? CHI · eng_british_Manchester_I/aran34a.cha, line 420 · Aran 2;10
  3. why ? CHI · eng_british_Manchester_I/aran34a.cha, line 424 · Aran 2;10
  4. why ? CHI · eng_british_Manchester_I/aran34a.cha, line 691 · Aran 2;10
  5. why is he poorly ? CHI · eng_british_Manchester_I/aran34a.cha, line 696 · Aran 2;10
  6. why did you drop them ? CHI · eng_british_Manchester_I/aran34a.cha, line 1092 · Aran 2;10
  7. why ? CHI · eng_british_Manchester_I/aran34a.cha, line 1257 · Aran 2;10
  8. <why are there> [/] why are there diversions ? CHI · eng_british_Manchester_I/aran34a.cha, line 1388 · Aran 2;10
  9. <why are there> [/] why are there diversions ? CHI · eng_british_Manchester_I/aran34a.cha, line 1388 · Aran 2;10
  1. CHIyeah .
    MOTwell you can't have them .
    CHI*CHI: why ?
    MOTbecause I've taken them to the dry cleaner's in Pancaster .
    CHIwhen ?
  2. CHIyeah .
    MOTwill you take this sheet up to Dorothy_Thompson for me ?
    CHI*CHI: why ?
    MOTwhile you're on the way .
    CHIwhy ?
  3. CHIwhy ?
    MOTwhile you're on the way .
    CHI*CHI: why ?
    MOTshe needs it .
    MOTshe's got some visitors coming .
  4. MOTand there's some letters for P_C_Selby .
    MOTand while you're about it could you take this basket of eggs to the Reverend_Tim's ?
    CHI*CHI: why ?
    MOTbecause he's poorly and he wants some eggs .
    CHIwhy is he poorly ?
  5. CHIwhy ?
    MOTbecause he's poorly and he wants some eggs .
    CHI*CHI: why is he poorly ?
    MOThe's got flu .
    MOThe's got a very bad cold .
  6. MOTyes .
    MOTyou asked me to look after them for you .
    CHI*CHI: why did you drop them ?
    CHIdrink it out the sugar basin .
    MOTyou are a silly man , Pat ,, aren't you ?
  7. MOTor flowers .
    MOTyou're not a very good husband ,, are you , Pat ?
    CHI*CHI: why ?
    MOTbecause you never bring me chocolates and flowers .
    CHII've got some flowers for you .
  8. MOTlook .
    MOTthere's the diversion .
    CHI*CHI: <why are there> [/] why are there diversions ?
    MOTwell there's been a landslide .
    MOTand so P_C_Selby's put a diversion on the road by the river so you can't go that way in your van .

Matches by age

One dot per transcript: matches per 1,000 words of the child (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. Aran eng_british_Manchester_I11.36
All transcripts as a table
TranscriptChildAgeWordsUtterances matchedMatchesPer 1,000 words
eng_british_Manchester_I/aran34a.chaAran 2;10.287928911.36

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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