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$ Child, Examiner Language English - 0.00

Other headings + identifying information (name, age,

context) = transcriber comments (not processed)

Time Markers - 2:00

Two minutes since prior marker :: 05

Five second pause between speakers :; 05

Five second pause between utterances of same speaker

End of Utterance Punctuation Each utterance MUST be punctuated

. Statement, comment ! Surprise, exclamation ? Question ~ intonation prompt

E So his name was ~

Punctuation con’t Abandoned utterance – use a > symbol

E So his name was ~ C His name was jingle_bell. C wait. C Jungle> C no wait. C Geronimo!

Punctuation con’t Abandoned utterance

E So his name was ~ C His name was jingle_bell. C wait. C Jungle> C no wait. C Geronimo!

Interrupted Utterance ^ Occurs when examiner is interrupted

E So tell me about ^ C He/s my uncle!

Overlapping Speech Two (or more) speakers speak at the same

time. Angle brackets <>

Overlapping Speech One speaker begins the other speaker ends.

E so then what <happened>? C <The dog> ran away.

Midword E so then what <hap*>? C <The> dog ran away.

Overlapping Speech Prompts in the middle of an utterance

C The boy and <> the dog look for the frog. E <the dog>.

Overlapping Speech Speech in the middle of an utterance

C the boy and <the dog> look for a frog. E <right>!

Mazes Repetitions – word or phrase

E What did he see? C He saw (saw the) the frog. C then he (he) went fishing.

Except – repetitions for emphasis E What did he see? C He had a big big big frog!

Mazes Revisions – revise and continue

C then (the boy) the dog bark/ed. C He saw (his own frog) his frog. C (He wanted to) he took the frog home.

The remaining words may stand alone.

Mazes Filled pauses – uh um and but etc.

C (and) then he ran upstairs. C (and) then his brother ran after him. C he (like) is real (like um like um) mad.

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