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. 2020 Apr 7;51(2):184–204. doi: 10.1044/2019_LSHSS-19-00032
Sentence IP PP MV SV NG CNJ IR WHQ S TOT
&um well today, we have the white day. 3 1 1 5
white day is when you do different 1 1 8 1 11
 things .
a red day is you do different things 1 1 1 3
 too .
so today was a white day. 2 1 3
&um I went out on a shop seventh hour . 1 2 1 4
well (.) in seventh hour, me and miss 1 2 3 1 7
 gold went shopping .
I buy [^ ew:bought] goodies . 1 1 0 1 0 3
she was sick . 2 2 1 5
well, it's cookies, raisins, nuts, 1 3 3 1 1 15
 cashews, and coleslaw and noodles, 3 3
 bread and milk and eggs for her .
I do math . 1 1 1 3
they have some subtraction problems for 3 1 1 2 1 9
me to do . 1
so I did that . 1 2 1 4
I do science . 1 1 1 3
I was a star . 1 2 1 4
well (.) missus Smith, my aid, said “hm, 1 1 1 2 1 8
 <I> [/?] I never heard of this
rule before” .
2
“hm, this is something new” . 1 3 1 1 6
“hm, well <&w> [/?] what was the answer 6 2 2 1 11
 ‚Äù ?
and then I said “xxx” . 1 2 3 1 7
she was amazed . 2 7 1 10
well, let's see . 3 1 1 2 1 8
sometimes, I get [^ ew:am] tardy . 1 1 1 3
and 0I don't know where the places I've 1 4 1 4 3 0 13
 been .
red days, I have math first hour . 1 1 1 3
white days, I got [^ ew:have] choir 1 2 0 1 0 4 3
 first hour .
choir, we even got a new choir teacher 3 2 2 1 8
 named mister Tom .
he is a nice guy . 2 1 1 4
he is telling the people what to do . 2 6 1 2 1 12
like, altos sing wherever you go . 1 1 8 1 11
then they all sing . 3 1 1 5
I know . 1 1 1 3
yeah, I do . 1 1 1 3
it is a him . 2 1 1 4
&um he is a popular guy . 2 1 1 4
he's from minneapolis . 2 1 1 4
he goes to school there . 2 2 1 5
and <&uh (.) he's> [/?] he's like happy 2 1 3 8 1 15
 as a teacher .
so, he came in this room and said “I'm 7 2 1 2 2 3 1 20
 a new teacher everyone‚Äù . 2
there are [^ ew:is] missus betz . 2 0 1 1 0 4 3
that's John's aid . 1 1 1 3
her I got [^ eu] . 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 6
5
then there's &uh missus Sterling, Matt's 1 1 1 3
 aid .
miss Tammy's gone so she has a replace 2 2 1 2 5 1 0 9 8
[^ ew:replacement] for her .
she retired . 2 2 1 5
so did mister Dave . 2 1 3
<&um then I have> [/?] let's see, then 3 1 1 1 2 4 1 15
 I had a new P_T teacher named 2
 missus Hammond .
then I have a [^ ew:an] O_T teacher, 1 1 1 3
 missus jenny . 0 2
<he> [/?] she is from Kansas . 2 1 1 4
well, yeah I do . 1 1 1 3
<&um I &um (.)> [/?] oh yeah &um let's 3 1 1 1 2 1 10
 see, I have lunch . 1
let's see, <I I> [/?] oh yeah, I have 3 1 1 1 2 4 5 1 24
 Stromboli, if you don't know . 1 4
1
Total 12 88 91 12 8 61 0 2 39 313
3.00 1.80 1.33 2.4 4.00 4.36 0 2.00
Developmental Sentence Score: 6.26

Note. Names and places have been changed to protect the participant's identity. Key for unusual symbols: & = filled pauses; (.) = unfilled pauses; [^ ew: “word”] = word error: correct word; Äú = quotes; <> = repetitions; [/?] = unclear maze or retracing type; [^ eu] = utterance error; 0 = missing word.