SPLH565: Module 7 - Assignment

Name: _____________________________

The following is a language sample from a 22-month-old child. Use this sample to complete Nelson's One-Word Analysis (Part 1) and Templin's Type-Token Ratio Analysis (Part 2). Note that this sample is less than 50 utterances and would not necessarily be representative of a child's language abilities.

Line #	Utterance
	C Hi!
	C Mommy.
	C Oatmeal.
	A Are you hungry?
	C Water.
	C Want Water.
	C Gone.
	C More.
	A You want more?
	C More.
	C Cheerios there.
	C Help.
	C Dirty.
	A Cheerios on the floor!
	A I'll clean up.
	A All done?
	C Done.
	A Let's play.
	C Up.
	C Up Mommy.
	C Car.
	A Which cars?
	C This? (requesting label)
	A This is a big car.
	C Big car.
	C Crash.
	C Go.
	C Go fast.
	C Race.
	A Let's see how fast they can go!
	C Go!
	A Wow that's fast!
	C More.
	C More go!
	C Here.
	A Ready set go!
	C Go!
	C Look!
	C Truck.
	A I see that truck.
	A Should the truck go?
	C Go truck!
	C Fast.
	A Yes it's fast!
	C Red truck.
	C More.
	C What?
	A It's a fire truck.
	C Truck.
	C Red.
	C Bye!
	C Bye car!
	C There.
	C Gone.

Part 1: Nelson's One-Word Analysis

1. Determine which utterances in the sample should be included in Nelson's One-Word analysis. Mark these lines with a number, starting with 1. Leave the other lines blank to indicate which lines are not included in the analysis.
2. Put each one-word utterance in the appropriate column in the table below. If a word occurs more than once in the transcript, tally additional instances next to the original recording of the word (See example on p. 46 and Table 2.1 in the Retherford reading).

Specific Nominals	General Nominals	Action Words	Modifiers	Personal-Social Words	Function Words
Mommy Oatmeal Water Cheers Car Truck Red truck	More Help Dirty Done This	Want Gone Go Crash Race Look Bye	Big Red Fast	Mommy Bye	Here There What Up

1. Complete the calculations below. See example on p. 46 of the Retherford reading.

_______ Specific Nominals = _______% of Total One-Word Utterances

_______ General Nominals = _______% of Total One-Word Utterances

_______ Action Words = _______% of Total One-Word Utterances

_______ Modifiers = _______% of Total One-Word Utterances

_______ Personal-Social Words = _______% of Total One-Word Utterances

_______ Function Words = _______% of Total One-Word Utterances

TOTAL NUMBER OF ONE-WORD UTTERANCES ________

TOTAL NUMBER OF UTTERANCES __________

_________% OF TOTAL UTTERANCES

__________8 points

Part 2: Templin's Type-Token Ratio Analysis

1. Using the utterances you numbered in Part 1, enter each word used in a one-word utterance in the appropriate column.
2. If a particular word occurs more than once in the transcript, tally additional instances next to the original recording of the word (See example on p. 92-93 in the Retherford reading). Note that some columns from the example have been omitted because they are not used in the language sample.

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs	Pronouns	Wh-Words	Others

Total Number of Different: Total Number of:

Nouns _______ Nouns _______

Verbs _______ Verbs _______

Adjectives _______ Adjectives _______

Adverbs _______ Adverbs _______

Pronouns _______ Pronouns _______

Wh-Words _______ Wh-Words _______

Others _______ Others _______

TOTAL NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WORDS ________TOTAL NUMBER OF WORDS ______

_______ = Type-Token Ratio

____________7 points