Linguistics Morpheme Count
SPPA 3852 Language Sample Analysis Guidelines
Language Form:
Count the number of morphemes for each utterance. (15)
Add the number of morphemes and divide by the number of utterances to compute MLU. (10)
MLU= Total number of morphemes/total number of utterances.
In a separate column, identify the type of morphemes seen by utterance (15).
Language Content:
Lexical diversity
Document the different types of words seen in the child's lexicon with examples (such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, locational prepositions, modifiers, articles, auxiliary verbs, copulas, gerunds, infinitives)
Sentence Types:
Types of sentences seen in child's communication. Complete the tabular form on the template to the extent possible to indicate the presence of declarative, interrogative, embedded and conjoined sentence constructions. Use the resource guide to identify examples in your language sample.
Language Use:
Identify the functions for which the child was able to communicate to the extent you can observe from the sample. By citing the utterances numbers indicate where:
1. The child was able to use his communication to request, protest, and comment. (15)
2. The child was able to follow directions. (5)
3. The child was able to maintain conversational topic by staying on topic for 3-5 turns. (5)
4. The child demonstrated adequate turn taking skills. How did you make this judgment? (5)
5. strategies that the child used for conversational repair. Indicate the utterance #'s and identify whether the child repeated or changed the message to clarify her message. (5)
Language Analysis Summary
Sample from a 3-year-old female
Key:
A= Adult
C= Child
XX= unintelligible utterance
Utterance #
Utterance
Number of Morphemes
1
Uhhuh.
1
2
Yup
1
3
Um, they can write words for me.
7
4
Um, that would be fine.
4
5
Mm, no.
1
6
I won't XX them in my bedroom.
7
7
But downstairs… or in the basement
6
8
or in their room.
4
9
They could do it in their room.
2
30
Never mind about that shopping
6
31
I would take them to fun places only
9
32
Yeah
1
33
Yeah
1
34
And Chuck E. Cheese's
3
35
Bounceland and Jungle Joe's.
4
36
Mm, from the bank
3
37
You know how you get some money from the bank?
10
38
Can you turn
3
39
Can you turn that around?
5
40
Um, so I can, like
4
41
And I'll -- But I'll buy my own food because
11
42
Yeah
1
43
My wife will work. And I will
7
44
No, I I'm I'm just I didn't I didn't mean that
9
45
I was kidding, okay?
5
46
I want a wife
4
47
Um, the girl that that holds the case from XX
8
48
So I'm gonna marry that…
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