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Scope One transcript: eng_british_Manchester_II/ruth02a.cha change

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6 matches in 4 utterances

3.06 per 1,000 words of everyone but CHI, in 1 of 1 transcripts (545 utterances, 1,958 words searched).

Concordance Utterances Distribution Matched forms

I don't know why . MOT · eng_british_Manchester_II/ruth02a.cha, line 158 · Ruth 1;11
<why why> [/] why don't you talk on the phone ? MOT · eng_british_Manchester_II/ruth02a.cha, line 1617 · Ruth 1;11
<why why> [/] why don't you talk on the phone ? MOT · eng_british_Manchester_II/ruth02a.cha, line 1617 · Ruth 1;11
<why why> [/] why don't you talk on the phone ? MOT · eng_british_Manchester_II/ruth02a.cha, line 1617 · Ruth 1;11
why ? MOT · eng_british_Manchester_II/ruth02a.cha, line 1705 · Ruth 1;11
why did he fall ? MOT · eng_british_Manchester_II/ruth02a.cha, line 1707 · Ruth 1;11

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

1;101;112;002;01

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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_II/ruth02a.cha	Ruth	1;11.20	1,958	4	6	3.06

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