PHPCLANCHILDES with regular expressions

4 matches in 4 utterances

9.88 per 1,000 words of the child (CHI), in 1 of 1 transcripts (211 utterances, 405 words searched).

  1. why ? CHI · eng_british_Manchester_II/nic30b.cha, line 135 · Nicole 2;10
  2. why ? CHI · eng_british_Manchester_II/nic30b.cha, line 340 · Nicole 2;10
  3. why ? CHI · eng_british_Manchester_II/nic30b.cha, line 374 · Nicole 2;10
  4. why ? CHI · eng_british_Manchester_II/nic30b.cha, line 922 · Nicole 2;10
  1. eng_british_Manchester_II/nic30b.cha, line 135 · Nicole, 2;10.29
    CHIwhere's my father ?
    MOTyour father's at work .
    CHI*CHI: why ?
    MOTbecause that's where he goes .
    CHIwhere's my +...
  2. eng_british_Manchester_II/nic30b.cha, line 340 · Nicole, 2;10.29
    MOTare you tired ?
    MOTI think you are .
    CHI*CHI: why ?
    MOTwhy ?
    MOTbecause you're miserable and horrible .
  3. eng_british_Manchester_II/nic30b.cha, line 374 · Nicole, 2;10.29
    MOTwell .
    MOTcome and sit on my knee .
    CHI*CHI: why ?
    MOTwhy not ?
    CHIxxx .
  4. eng_british_Manchester_II/nic30b.cha, line 922 · Nicole, 2;10.29
    MOTwww .
    MOTif you don't behave you willn't watch Postman_Pat this afternoon when it's on the television .
    CHI*CHI: why ?
    MOTwhy ?
    MOTbecause <it's going to> [/] it's called what [/] what's known as a punishment .

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. Nicole eng_british_Manchester_II9.88
All transcripts as a table
TranscriptChildAgeWordsUtterances matchedMatchesPer 1,000 words
eng_british_Manchester_II/nic30b.chaNicole 2;10.29405449.88

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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