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Child
Development 131 (3):
Language
and Learning
Spring
2002
Dr.
Weissman
CDI Results
Total
number of transcripts analyzed = 28
Age
of children:
Average = 6.9 years
Median
= 6.2-years
Mode
= 4-years (including 4- and 4 ½ -years)
Range = 3-11-years-old
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Question
Words
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#
of children using
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which
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5
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Who
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7
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Where
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10
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When
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10
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What
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20
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How
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15
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Total
# of question words = 77
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Why
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10
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Average
# of question words = 2.75
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Quantifiers
and Articles
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Another
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8
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Much
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8
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The
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25
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Some
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12
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Same
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10
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Other
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10
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None
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0
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Too
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18
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Not
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18
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More
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9
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Every
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8
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Any
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7
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An
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3
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a
lot
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13
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All
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17
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A
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24
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Total
# of quantifiers & articles = 195
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Each
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5
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Average
# of quantifiers & articles = 6.96
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Connecting
Words
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Then
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17
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And
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27
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Because
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23
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But
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25
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If
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9
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Total
# of connecting words = 116
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So
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15
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Average
# of connecting words = 4.14
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Words
about Time
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Morning
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6
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Yesterday
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4
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Tonight
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2
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Tomorrow
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5
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Today
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6
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Time
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18
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Later
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1
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Day
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10
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Before
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7
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After
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7
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Now
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15
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Total
# of words about time = 88
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Night
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7
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Average
# of words about time = 3.14
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Average
# of words used:
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17.00
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is you child in relation to these results?
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