Table 5.
Finite verb placement in yes/no-questions (requiring SAI or do-support) in Emma, Emily and Sunniva’s files.
| Child | Auxiliaries/copula (%) | Do-support (%) | Total (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAI | Lacking aux | No SAI | SAI | Lacking do | V2/lex. verb | Target | Non-target | |
| Emma | 47/47 | 0/47 | 0/47 | 4/18 | 0/18 | 14/18 | 51/65 | 14/65 |
| (65) | (100) | (0) | (0) | (22.2) | (0) | (77.8) | (78.5) | (21.5) |
| Emily | 53/53 | 0/53 | 0/53 | 16/20 | 4/20 | 0/20 | 69/73 | 4/73 |
| (73) | (100) | (0) | (0) | (80) | (20) | (0) | (94.5) | (5.5) |
| Sunniva | 54/56 | 1/56 | 1/56 | 10/11 | 1/11 | 0/11 | 64/67 | 3/67 |
| (67) | (96.4) | (1.8) | (1.8) | (90.9) | (9.1) | (0) | (95.5) | (4.5) |