APPENDIX D.
CHILD UTTERANCE CODES
| Help Requests/Dont Know [help] |
| Request for help |
| -what? |
| -This is gonna be hard |
| Don’t know |
| -I don’t know it |
| -um… |
| -E can’t remember? C uhuh |
| Won’t Do |
| -I don’t want to |
| Correct Utterances [C] |
| Spontaneous [S]: |
| Relevant/correct/spontaneous utterance |
| Child spontaneously corrects him/herself to make accurate |
| -C and the fox and bear went in [RelInc][S]. |
| -C I mean the fox went in [C][S]. |
| Responses to move forward type questions (“what else?”) |
| Responsive [R]: |
| Correct response to specific question |
| -E who was the story about? C fox and bear. |
| Correct response to lead |
| -E there was~ C a bear and a fox |
| -E Once upon a time~ C there was… |
| Relevant, but Incorrect Utterances [RelInc] |
| Spontaneous [S]: |
| Relevant/spontaneous utterances that are not correct. Example: refers to a wolf (similar to a fox), says that the fox heard a crack in the door (instead of the roof) |
| Responses to move forward type questions that are relevant but not correct. |
| -E And then what happened? C they ran home |
| Responsive [R]: |
| Relevant, but incorrect response |
| -E Did someone go in the barn? C the wolf. |
| Irrelevant Utterances [I] |
| Spontaneous [S]: |
| Spontaneous and irrelevant utterances |
| -there was a big big monster |
| Spontaneous, irrelevant, and incomplete |
| -apple |
| Spontaneous and based on a different story |
| -a bad wolf and a little piggy |
| Responsive [R]: |
| Irrelevant and incorrect response |
| -E What were they trying to catch? C a fly. |
| Irrelevant and incorrect response to lead |
| -E once upon a time there was a~ C cow. |
| Response based on a different story |
| Miscellaneous [M] |
| Spontaneous [S]: |
| Relevant/spontaneous content, but incomplete (not coded as correct because there is not enough information) |
| -and the farmer> |
| Spontaneous formal ending |
| -happily ever |
| -the end |
| Responsive [R]: |
| Incomplete, relevant response (not coded as correct because there is not enough information) |
| -E then what did he do? C the roof > |
| Not coded Spontaneous or Responsive: |
| Child repeats his/her own information |
| Imitation of adult |
| Repeat information when asked |
| Sound effect |
| -boom! |
| Yes/No to questions about story |
| -uhuh (no) |
| -uhhuh (yes) |
| -right |
| Incorrect Y/N response |
| Finished with Task |
| -I can’t think of anything else in the story |
| -E is that the end? C I think so |
| -uh that was the end. |
| Unintelligible (Cannot understand meaning well enough to code) |
| Unsuccessful utterance attempt (no content) |
| -and and and and and and> |
| -and the> |
| Comment not related to task |
| -wait, I’m going to move my hair for a minute |
| -I like that story |