SLHS 2890

School-Age Child Language Analyses Report

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Directions:Review the two transcripts below and answer the questions that follow for each one. Type your answers directly onto this document following each question presented.

Part I:Discourse Sample #1 (25 points)

Oral Narrative: 4^th grade student

I will always love my grandparent’s beach house. The way the waves role over the gooey sand, and the way the sand weaves in between your toes are super cool. I remember that we pick up barnacle-covered rocks and watch the sand crabs scurry away, and I remember how we dig for clams and we always end up knee deep in the never-ending sand. I’m not the only one to share these pleasures. My aunt, uncle, cousins, family, and of course, my grandparents also share this. At my grandparent’s 4th of July party, we go out on the boat called Sea Biscuit. At night, we snuggle up in our blankets and toast marshmallows in the campfire while we watch the fireworks explode in the star-filled sky. Later, we have bullhead fishing contests to see who can catch the most bullhead. We throw the bullheads back into the salty blue-green ocean. With one final splash, they say goodbye to the unfamiliar world. We go to a sand bar a couple houses down where we collect seashells and sand dollars. Gathering shells and dollars in our pockets, we head back to the place we love with all our hearts. When it’s time to go, none of us want to leave. As I say my goodbyes, I think of all the fun we had, butI also think of the fun we will have next time.

Use the Part I sample to answer the questions below.

Form (Syntax and Morphology): (15)

1. Copy/paste this sample into the space below and divide utterances into to T-units (one per line). Number each t-unit(5points).

2. List (completely) two compound sentences from this sample in the space below. Each sentence should have a different coordinating conjunction. Underline the conjunctions. (4 points)

3. List (completely) two complexsentences from this sample and underline the subordinate clauses (4 points)

4. Identify two sentences that contain prepositionalphrases, and underline the prepositional phrases in the sentences. (2 points)

Content(Semantics) (6)

1. Find examples of oneof EACH of the following types of semantically complex words or phrases/sentences if available in the part 1 sample. If all types are not available within this transcript, leave the relevant box blank (6points)

1.	2 kinship terms
2.	Age-level spatial relational term
3	Abstract noun
4.	Metacognitive or mental/internal state verbs
5.	Age level academic/domain specific term
6.	Figurative expression

Use (Pragmatics) (4)

What type of discourse does this language sample reflect? Why? (4 points)

Part II - Discourse Sample #2 (25 points)

Written Essay: 11^th gradestudent

1. In my old, battered black wallet, I carry many things such as a letter from a friend, my lunch ticket, and my social security card, and many other tidbits and items as well.
2. There is one thing however, which I prize above all my possessions.
3. It’s a small photograph,
4. and the photographer was not good,
5. but the person in the photograph is good.
6. His name is Bill Stevenson.
7. We first met almost two years ago, when I moved to Vancouver.
8. It was my first day,
9. and the school was the largest I had ever been to.
10. I walked into my first class slightly late,
11. and I took a seat.
12. Looking around, I noticed several people staring at me.
13. I felt like I was walking on eggshells.
14. My decision to sit in the front was a good one.
15. Since it was the first day of junior high, the teacher took it easy on us.
16. We played a game because we wanted to get to know each other.
17. The person behind me, a muscular blond guy, made polite conversation.

Form (Syntax)(8)

1. This sample (Part II) is already divided into t-units. Underline the subordinate clause(s) wherever they exist in the in the sample above.Note that there will be sentences where a subordinating conjunction is silent. For example, in utterance # 9, the school was the largest “that” I had ever been to. “That” is silent in this sentence. (5 points)

2. List two words below from the Part II sample that have derivational morphemes. Compare each word you list to its lexical root and explain whether a morpho-phonemic change occurs when the derivational morpheme is added. Highlight the letters that represent the sounds/phonemes that change if this morpho-phonemic change exists. (3 points)

Ex. mathematics → mathematician = This word does have a morpho-phonemic change as vowel in 2^nd syllable and initial consonant in third syllable changes.

Content (Semantics) (10)

1. Findtwo examplesof each of the following types of semantically complex words/phrases that reflect adolescent development of literate language.(10)

1.	Qualitative relational terms (adjectives, adverbs)
2.	Less common abstract nouns
3.	Metacognitive or mental/internal state verbs
4.	Adverbial conjunctive term
5.	Figurative expression

Use (Pragmatics) (7)

1. What kind of discourse organization pattern does this essay reflect? (Expository or fictional or personal narrative) If expository, what type of expository essay is it? Provide a rationale for your selection. (4 point)

2. Does the writer of this essay demonstrate perspective taking? If yes, explain how/where you observed perspective taking? (3 points)