PHPCLANCHILDES with regular expressions

8 matches in 8 utterances

3.34 per 1,000 words of everyone but CHI, in 1 of 1 transcripts (509 utterances, 2,398 words searched).

  1. I don't know why I'm bothering because it always falls apart when I put it in but neve… MOT · eng_british_Manchester_II/warr12a.cha, line 339 · Warren 2;02
  2. that's why I couldn't work it out . MOT · eng_british_Manchester_II/warr12a.cha, line 432 · Warren 2;02
  3. and why does that look funny ? MOT · eng_british_Manchester_II/warr12a.cha, line 798 · Warren 2;02
  4. that's why it was on the floor . MOT · eng_british_Manchester_II/warr12a.cha, line 988 · Warren 2;02
  5. why don't you do <one of these> [//] another one of these again ? MOT · eng_british_Manchester_II/warr12a.cha, line 993 · Warren 2;02
  6. why is it coming apart easily ? MOT · eng_british_Manchester_II/warr12a.cha, line 1041 · Warren 2;02
  7. I wonder why . MOT · eng_british_Manchester_II/warr12a.cha, line 1585 · Warren 2;02
  8. and why was James worried about seeing the Fat_Controller ? MOT · eng_british_Manchester_II/warr12a.cha, line 1657 · Warren 2;02
  1. MOTbecause you were chewing it and spoilt it .
    MOTand there are big gaps where there shouldn't be .
    MOT*MOT: I don't know why I'm bothering because it always falls apart when I put it in but never mind .
    MOTslide in .
    CHIkittens now .
  2. MOTI'm getting through this one .
    MOTI can see a brick wall .
    MOT*MOT: that's why I couldn't work it out .
    MOTbecause the blue had gone because somebody chewed it off .
    CHIlook .
  3. MOTso where must that go ?
    CHIthere .
    MOT*MOT: and why does that look funny ?
    MOToh is it because somebody's chewed a piece out ?
    MOTare you going to put it in there ?
  4. MOTyes .
    MOTthat was underneath the er chair .
    MOT*MOT: that's why it was on the floor .
    MOTbecause it was under the chair .
    MOTwhy don't you do <one of these> [//] another one of these again ?
  5. MOTthat's why it was on the floor .
    MOTbecause it was under the chair .
    MOT*MOT: why don't you do <one of these> [//] another one of these again ?
    CHIyes .
    MOTyes .
  6. MOTthat one comes apart easily , doesn't it ?
    CHImake it again .
    MOT*MOT: why is it coming apart easily ?
    MOTbecause somebody's chewed all the bits off .
    MOTthis was a Christmas present from Father_Christmas , wasn't it ?
  7. CHIno .
    CHIsad .
    MOT*MOT: I wonder why .
    MOThere we go .
    MOToh what's happened here ?
  8. CHItop hat .
    MOTyeah .
    MOT*MOT: and why was James worried about seeing the Fat_Controller ?
    MOTbecause the day before James had blown steam at him and got the top hat wet .
    MOTpoor Fat_Controller with a wet top hat .

Matches by age

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Matches by child

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

  1. Warren eng_british_Manchester_II3.34
All transcripts as a table
TranscriptChildAgeWordsUtterances matchedMatchesPer 1,000 words
eng_british_Manchester_II/warr12a.chaWarren 2;2.052,398883.34

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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