PHPCLANCHILDES with regular expressions

4 matches in 4 utterances

2.24 per 1,000 words of everyone but CHI, in 1 of 1 transcripts (516 utterances, 1,785 words searched).

  1. need a vet for a horse , don't you ? INV · eng_british_Manchester_II/joel20b.cha, line 443 · Joel 2;05
  2. didn't we need the ambulance then ? MOT · eng_british_Manchester_II/joel20b.cha, line 457 · Joel 2;05
  3. we need a doctor . MOT · eng_british_Manchester_II/joel20b.cha, line 593 · Joel 2;05
  4. but we need to drive the train . MOT · eng_british_Manchester_II/joel20b.cha, line 719 · Joel 2;05
  1. INVwell .
    INVthat's a horse .
    INV*INV: need a vet for a horse , don't you ?
    MOTyeah .
    MOTwhat about the people ?
  2. MOTthey're alright , are they ?
    CHIxxx .
    MOT*MOT: didn't we need the ambulance then ?
    CHIno .
    CHIwe's [*] not .
  3. MOTwhere's the doctor ?
    MOTis there a doctor anywhere .
    MOT*MOT: we need a doctor .
    CHImmhm .
    MOToh .
  4. CHIwait a minute .
    MOTyeah .
    MOT*MOT: but we need to drive the train .
    MOTa runaway .
    CHIwhere's my driver ?

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. Joel eng_british_Manchester_II2.24
All transcripts as a table
TranscriptChildAgeWordsUtterances matchedMatchesPer 1,000 words
eng_british_Manchester_II/joel20b.chaJoel 2;5.131,785442.24

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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