Table 2.

Comparison of frequency counts of the five dependent variables (from transcripts) utilized in the statistical analyses.

	Total Number of Words		Number of Different Root Words		Total Number of Bound Morphemes		Number of Different Bound Morphemes		Mean Length of Utterance
	Transcriber		Transcriber		Transcriber		Transcriber		Transcriber
Child	A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B
1	438	459	86	89	13	10	4	4	1.84	1.83
2	359	395	112	117	29	27	8	7	2.10	2.39
3	613	627	183	192	56	45	11	10	3.06	3.00
4	127	130	66	62	5	6	4	2	1.58	1.64
5	275	218	72	54	0	0	0	0	1.09	1.05
6	554	679	125	147	49	69	8	6	2.58	2.87
7	619	552	168	151	18	14	6	4	2.40	2.18
8	478	376	116	111	26	35	5	5	1.65	1.57
Mean	432.88	429.50	116.00	115.38	24.50	25.75	5.75	4.75	2.04	2.07