Table 2b.

Child Language Use and Corresponding Examples

Child language measure	Examples
Label	That’s a waiter
Description	Little boy
Open-ended question	Where did the frog go?
Closed-ended question	Is the frog inside the log?
Reframe	That’s a baby frog, not a mommy frog
Affirmation	Mother says, “the frog jumped into the saxophone”; child says, “yeah!”
Repetition	Mother says, “bees”; child repeats, “bees”
Request for repetition	Hmm? Huh?
Expansion	Mother says, “eat”; child says, “they are eating”
Extension	Mother says, “all gone”; child says, “it's all gone, and the jar is empty”
Recast	Mother says, “doggy bed”; child says, “is the doggy under the bed?”
Direct action request	Read the book with me
Indirect action request	Can you read the book with me?
Attention directive	There! Look!
Positive feedback	Right! Yay!
Negative feedback	Don’t! No!