******************** Utterance Categories ******************** Question types ============== Wh- Questions ------------- Number of questions that start with a wh- word (where, what, etc.) * Where did he go? * Why did you do that? Negative Examples: * Where he went is nice. * When you went, you liked it, didn’t you? Inverted Questions ------------------ Number of questions that start with an auxiliary (standard English question word order), excluding conjunctions and vocatives. * Did you like it? * Am I going? * And did he like it? * Mom, do I have to? Negative Examples: * Had I known, I wouldn’t have gone. Tag questions ------------- Number of questions formed from a declarative (ordinary) sentence with a tag, like “did he?”, tacked onto the end. * You don’t like it, do you? * You won’t go, will you? Negative Examples: * Do you? * Will you? Intonationally marked questions ------------------------------- Number of sentences that end in a question mark but do not fall into any of the previous categories of marked question, having the form of a standard declarative sentence. * You’re going? * He likes it? Negative Examples: * You’re going. * Are you going? Question with negation ---------------------- Number of sentences that end in a question mark and contain a negative particle. * He didn’t like it? * You’re not going? Negative Examples: * No, really? * He didn’t like it. Statement with negation ----------------------- Number of sentences that do not end in a question mark but do contain a negative particle. (“No” is not considered a negative particle.) * I didn’t like it. * I’m not planning on it. Negative Examples: * He didn’t like it? * No, I liked it. Size counts =========== Number of words --------------- For each transcript, number of 1 word utterances, number of 2 word utterances, number of 3 word utterances, number of 4 word utterances, and number of utterances exceeding 4 words in length. Number of clauses ----------------- For each transcript, number of 0 clause utterances, number of 1 clause utterances, number of 2 clause utterances, and number of utterances with a number of clauses greater than 2. Sentence-level syntax ===================== Noun Phrase Precedes Verb ------------------------- Number of noun phrases which appear chronologically before the main verb of their clause, disregarding syntactic role. * the fish swim. Negative Examples: * kiss her. Noun Phrase Follows Verb ------------------------ Number of noun phrases which appear chronologically after the main verb of their clause, disregarding syntactic role. * kiss her. Negative Examples: * the fish swim. Subject with Verb ----------------- Number of verbs appearing with a subject. * I went. Object with Verb ---------------- Number of verbs appearing with an object. * Hit me. Subject and Object with Verb ---------------------------- Number of verbs appearing with both a subject and an object. * I hit him.