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. 2020 Mar 17;29(2):714–731. doi: 10.1044/2019_AJSLP-19-00207
Item Example
V15: Ellipsis Yes it can. Here it is.
S9: Let/make/help, etc. Let's do this. Help it stand up.
Q10: Tag question It goes here, right?
Q9: Why/when/which, etc. Why? Which one?
N11: Lexical bound morpheme tallest, a fixer
S19: Fronted clause The one I like best is the baby doll.
S18: Gerund Singing is fun.
V11: Past modal It might fall.
S17: Infinitive (two subjects) I need you to help.
S14: Bitransitive predicate I give her tea. I give tea to her.
Q8: Y/N question Are you tired?
Q6: Wh-question with AMC Where is it?
V13: Past auxiliary He was talking.
Q4: Wh-question with verb Who made it?
Q2: Routine question What dis?
V16: Past copula They were tired.
S15: 3-VP sentences They are tired and they want to go.
S11: Propositional complement I know you broke it.
S16: Relative clause Find the one that fits in here.
S12: Conjoined clause I'll start it and then you finish.
V10: Third-person singular –s This goes here.
V9: Evident/past modal I can/could do it.
S13: Wh-clause Here's where it went.
V12: Past tense –ed cried
Q1: Intonation question Mine? Want some?
Q7N: Negation of AMC doesn't work, not ready
S7: Conjoined phrase red or blue, you and me
N8: 2-word NP + V This one goes in.
N10: NP adverb too hard, really cute
V7: Progressive –ing sleeping
S8: Infinitive I like to swim.
S10: Adverbial conjunction after, unless, until, as soon as
V6: Evident auxiliary She is coming.
V5: Catenative hafta, gotta
V14: Medial adverb I just need two.
Q5N: N + not + V You can't have it.
V4: Copula (present/past) He's fine.
S6: Any 2 verbs I like play this.
S4: S + V + O I like this.
S5: Any conjunction and me, or a caboose
N9: 3-word NP my new car
N6: V + 2-word NP see two cats
N5: Article + N a baby
N4: 2-word NP my doll
N1: Noun dog
N2: Pronoun I, here
N3: Modifier his, that boy
N7: Plural cats
V1: Verb eat
V8: Adverb now, hardly
V3: Prepositional phrase at school
V2: Particle/preposition up, under
Q3N: Simple negation no talk, not yours
S2: S + V Monkey fall.
S3: V + O Help me.
S1: 2 words Lookit Mom.

Note. Y/N = yes/no; AMC = auxiliary, modal, or copula; VP = verb phrase; NP = noun phrase; V = verb; N = noun; S = subject; O = object.