Table 4.

Index of Productive Syntax performance of “SH” by points earned based on conversation sample.

Nouns		Verbs		Questions/negations		Sentence structure
2 points
N1 N2 N3 N4 N5 N6 N7 N9 N11	Noun Pronoun Modifier 2-word NP Article before noun 2-word NP after verb Plural suffix 3-word NP Other morph. noun/adj	V1 V2 V3 V4 V6 V8 V13 V14 V15	Verb Particle/preposition Prepositional phrase Copula linking 2 nouns Auxiliary BE, DO, have Adverb Past tense auxiliary “Medial” adverb Emphasis or ellipsis	Q1 Q2 Q8	Intonation Routine, etc. Y/N inverted copula/modal/aux	S1 S2 S3 S6 S7 S10 S11 S14 S16 S20	2 words Subject–verb Verb–object Any 2 verbs Conjoined phrase Subordinate conjunction + clause V + nominal clause, mental state Bitransitive predicate Relative clause Passive or full tag comment clause
1 point
N8 N10	2-word NP before verb NP adverb	V7 V16	Progressive –ing Past tense copula	Q3N Q4 Q6 Q7N Q9	No(t) + X Wh-question + verb Wh- with inversion Negative copula/modal/aux Why, When, Which, Whose	S4 S5 S8 S9 S12 S13 S18 S19	Subject–verb–object Conjunction (any) Infinitive Let/Make/Help/Watch Conjoined clauses If or wh-clause Gerund Front, center subordinate
0 points
		V5 V9 V10 V11 V12 V17	Verb + infinitive Modal before verb Third-person singular present Past tense modal Regular past tense Other morp. V/adv.	Q5N Q10 Q11	Negative between S + verb Tag question Question with negation + inversion	S15 S17	3 or more (non aux) verbs Infinitive clause: new subject

Note. NP = noun phrase; Morph. = morpheme; adj. = adjective; aux = auxiliary; V = verb; adv. = adverb; S = subject.