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Scope One transcript: eng_british_Manchester_I/gail26b.cha change

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5 matches in 4 utterances

3.29 per 1,000 words of everyone but CHI, in 1 of 1 transcripts (385 utterances, 1,518 words searched).

Concordance Utterances Distribution Matched forms

you could build a tower on the top of the train , look . MOT · eng_british_Manchester_I/gail26b.cha, line 370 · Gail 2;08
where could he be ? MOT · eng_british_Manchester_I/gail26b.cha, line 873 · Gail 2;08
he could reach through , could he ? MOT · eng_british_Manchester_I/gail26b.cha, line 957 · Gail 2;08
he could reach through , could he ? MOT · eng_british_Manchester_I/gail26b.cha, line 957 · Gail 2;08
could be a ladder , couldn't it ? MOT · eng_british_Manchester_I/gail26b.cha, line 1120 · Gail 2;08

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

per 1,000 words

01234

2;072;082;092;10

Age of the child (years;months)

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

All transcripts as a table

Transcript	Child	Age	Words	Utterances matched	Matches	Per 1,000 words
eng_british_Manchester_I/gail26b.cha	Gail	2;8.13	1,518	4	5	3.29

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