PHPCLANCHILDES with regular expressions

6 matches in 6 utterances

13.13 per 1,000 words of the child (CHI), in 1 of 1 transcripts (239 utterances, 457 words searched).

  1. why ? CHI · eng_british_Manchester_II/nic32a.cha, line 188 · Nicole 2;11
  2. why not , Mummy . CHI · eng_british_Manchester_II/nic32a.cha, line 192 · Nicole 2;11
  3. why ? CHI · eng_british_Manchester_II/nic32a.cha, line 695 · Nicole 2;11
  4. why ? CHI · eng_british_Manchester_II/nic32a.cha, line 1244 · Nicole 2;11
  5. why ? CHI · eng_british_Manchester_II/nic32a.cha, line 1399 · Nicole 2;11
  6. why ? CHI · eng_british_Manchester_II/nic32a.cha, line 1414 · Nicole 2;11
  1. MOTout of your playdough .
    MOTshall we make some vegetables ?
    CHI*CHI: why ?
    MOTwhy not ?
    CHIwhy not , Mummy .
  2. CHIwhy ?
    MOTwhy not ?
    CHI*CHI: why not , Mummy .
    MOTwell .
    MOTwhat do you want to make then with your playdough ?
  3. CHIwhere is my Daddy ?
    MOThe's downstairs making a xxx .
    CHI*CHI: why ?
    MOTbecause he needs to ring somebody up .
    CHIwhat are you doing ?
  4. CHII want my Daddy .
    MOTyour Daddy's downstairs , Nicole ?
    CHI*CHI: why ?
    MOTwhy ?
    MOTbecause he's on the telephone .
  5. MOTyour Daddy's downstairs , Nicole .
    MOThe's on the telephone because he has to make some important phone+calls about some +/.
    CHI*CHI: why ?
    MOTbecause he does .
    MOTbut when he's come off the telephone ?
  6. CHIyeah .
    MOTand you've finished this tape he's going to take you to see your Nana .
    CHI*CHI: why ?
    MOTwhy ?
    MOTbecause you haven't seen her for a while .

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_II13.13
All transcripts as a table
TranscriptChildAgeWordsUtterances matchedMatchesPer 1,000 words
eng_british_Manchester_II/nic32a.chaNicole 2;11.184576613.13

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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