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Comparison of linguistic features of three story retell scripts.
| Story | Ana Gets Lost | Alice and the Suitcase | Tama and the Playground |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of utterances | 24 | 26 | 25 |
| Mean length of utterance (words) | 8 | 7.46 | 8.44 |
| Number of total words | 192 | 194 | 211 |
| Number of different words | 108 | 115 | 114 |
| Number of nouns | 46 | 50 | 53 |
| Number of verbs | 48 | 43 | 43 |
| Number of adverbs | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Number of adjectives | 6 | 9 | 8 |
