Name: Ellen Lutton
CSD 257: Developmental Sequences in Speech/Language
LANGUAGE SAMPLE ANALYSIS
First Name of Child: Natalie
Age of the Child:
Sample Date
Date of Birth
Chronological Age
Year
2009
2007
2
Month
9
5
3
Date
2
20
12
Age= 2.3 years
History: (Include who reported the history, Medical information, Therapeutic information,
School information, Concerns of the parent/caregiver/reporter)
Natalie’s Mother reported Natalie’s history. Natalie was not a difficult pregnancy and was an easy
baby. She had several ear infections in first eleven months of her life and had bilateral tubes put in
at eleven months. No recollection of decrease of hearing or speech when an ear infection would
occur. Natalie’s older brother also had ear problems. There are no disorders in the family and she
has no allergies. Natalie is easy going and went to a private daycare three times a week.
Situation Variables:
Time of Day
Setting
Materials Used
Length of Interaction
6:00 pm
The dining room
Picture Book and a Broom
9 minutes and 2 seconds
Mean Length of Utterance:
Total Number of morphemes
Total Number of Utterances
MLU

276
100
2.76
Compare the child’s MLU to Brown’s MLU chart. What stage does it fall into? Is this
below normal, normal, or above normal for the child’s chronological age?
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Natalie
falls under stage III of Brown’s MLU chart. Considering she is 27 months at this time, and
stage three’s approximate age is 31-34, Natalie falls above normal for her age.
KEY: C=Child; E=Examiner; XX=Unintelligible
UTTERANCE
SPEAKER
CONTEXT
DIAGLOGUE
NUMBER
1
C
Intro
Hi
MORPHEME
COUNT
1
2
C
I’m name Natalie
3
3
C
I say mmm
2
E
4
C
5
C
E
6
C
7
C
8
C
K, lets look at the book, what
do you see?
Exaggerated Umm, look it
sounds
Has a slight Dat /that/ dats dea /that’s
lisp, shows deer/ dats dea /that’s deer/
excitement
It’s a goat
Disappoint
ment
Whisper
BROWN
MORPHEME
2
5
It’s a goat
3
Slippu /slipper/
1
3
Article
E
That’s on slippu /that’s a
slipper/
What is it?
9
C
Its shoes
2
Uncontractibl
e Copula
10
C
Fia tuk /fire truck/
2
11
C
Dats daktu /that’s tractor/
2
12
C
Dat tuk, big tuk /that’s truck,
big truck/
Big truck
4
Dats daktu /that’s tractor/
2
Enthusiasm
on big truck
E
13
14
C
Whisper
E
That’s a tractor
C
Datsu mosiku /that’s
motorcycle/
Mhm
2
Datsu, datsu tuk /that’s a,
that’s a truck/
3
E
15
C
Whisper
Articles
E
UTTERANCE
NUMBER
16
SPEAKER
Is that a dump truck?
CONTEXT
DIAGLOGUE
MORPHEME
COUNT
2
C
Dum duk /dump truck/
C
Datsu apane /that’s an
airplane/
Mhm
2
Datsu fiatuk /that’s a
firetruck/
What is it dat /what is that/
2
3
E
Dats du du dain /that’s a
choo choo train/
Choo choo train
C
Datsu ka /that’s a car/
2
E
Mhm
22
C
Dats my ka /that’s my car/
3
23
C
Dats /that’s/ my bike
3
24
C
Dats /that’s/ my bike
3
E
That’s your bike?
25
C
Dats /that’s/ fishy
2
26
C
Dats /that’s/ fish
2
E
What colors the fish?
C
Mmm boo /blue/
E
Blue, its orange
17
E
18
C
19
C
20
C
21
27
28
C
E
Stern voice
Its boo /blue/
Its not blue, its orange
BROWN
MORPHEME
4
1
2
Contractible
Copula
29
UTTERANCE
NUMBER
30
C
SPEAKER
Its orange
CONTEXT
C
Dats cuhlu ange /that’s color
orange/
That’s right
E
31
C
32
C
33
C
DIAGLOGUE
Mad voice
2
Contractible
Copula
MORPHEME
COUNT
3
BROWN
MORPHEME
Dats, dats ducki /that’s,
that’s ducki/
Datsu /that’s a/ duck
3
He’s so, he’s so mad
5
2
E
He’s so mad why
34
C
Because
1
35
C
2
E
Dats sakubal /that’s soccer
ball/
A soccer ball
E
What does the duck say
36
C
Kak kak /quack quack/
1
37
C
2
E
Datsu sakubal /that’s a
soccerball/
Go to the next page
38
C
Ok
1
39
C
Look it, datda /that’s a/ boat
4
E
Mhm
C
Mhm
Whisper
40
C
Caring voice
Datdu /that’s a/ baby
2
41
C
Hypothesis
Testing
Datsu /that’s a/ baby
2
E
Yeah
Contractible
Copula
42
UTTERANCE
NUMBER
43
C
SPEAKER
Datsu /that’s a/ baby
CONTEXT
C
Datsu /that’s a/ baby
MORPHEME
COUNT
2
44
C
Datsu /that’s a/ baby
2
45
C
Datsu /that’s a/ baby, deres
/theres/ a baby, in the
bathtub
The baby’s in the bathtub
8
In, Article
6
Contractible
Copula, In,
Article
Dats duk /that’s duck/
2
2
Excitement
E
46
C
47
C
Datsu duk /that’s a duck/
E
Mhm
C
Hm
48
C
49
C
50
Whisper
DIAGLOGUE
2
7
E
Dats hush bea /that’s hush
bear/ datsu heyu /that’s
hair/ itsu bush/ it’s a brush/
Deres /there’s/ a fish, ange
/orange/ fish
An orange fish
C
Yeah, ange /orange/ fish
3
C
Dats sippus, /that’s slippers/
sippas, sippas /slippers,
slippers/
Slippers
4
Regular
Plural -S
2
Regular
Plural –S
Regular
Plural -S
E
Struggles at
first to find
the name
BROWN
MORPHEME
5
51
C
52
C
Mhm dats slippus /that’s
slippers/
Dats dapes /that’s grapes/
53
C
Datsu /that’s a/ key
2
54
C
Datsu kekat /that’s a kitty
cat/
2
2
Article
55
C
56
C
57
C
Exaggerates
on phrase
Whispers
E
UTTERANCE
NUMBER
58
Datsu /that’s a/ monkey, ooh
ooh, ahh, ahh
Dats /that’s/ lion, rawr
3
See ahl see /owl say/ hoo
hoo, hoo hoo
Yeah, the owl says hoo hoo
4
3
SPEAKER
CONTEXT
DIAGLOGUE
C
Seeking
right
answer
E
Datsu /that’s a/ goat, datsu
/that’s a/ goat, datsu /that’s
a/ goat
Yes, that’s a goat
59
C
Lets see
2
60
C
Datsu /that’s a/ duck
2
61
C
Xxxx free /three/ ducks
3
62
C
3
63
C
Datsu /that’s a/ duck, kak kak
/quack, quack/
Datsu ano /that’s a animal/
E
Which one
C
Datsu ano /that’s a animal/
E
A zebra?
65
C
Datsu amo /that’s a animal/
2
66
C
Dat du zebu /that the zebra/
3
2
3
64
E
Correcting
mom
67
C
Oh that’s an animal, that’s a
camel
Dats kamu /that’s camel/
68
C
Camels spits, ppthh
E
Yeah, the camel spits
C
Dats /that’s/ lion, rawr
69
MORPHEME
COUNT
6
BROWN
MORPHEME
Regular
Plural -S
2
2
3
Article
Regular Third
Person -S
70
C
Paywin /penguin/ say bop
E
Is that what the penquin
does?
Mhm
C
71
UTTERANCE
NUMBER
C
Hypothesis
Testing
SPEAKER
CONTEXT
Lets see, datsu ano /that’s a
animal/
DIAGLOGUE
3
4
MORPHEME
COUNT
E
No, a camel
72
C
Kamo /camel/
1
73
C
4
74
C
Kamo /camel/ say spits,
ppthh
What is dat /that/
75
C
2
76
C
Datsu pawin /that’s a
penguin/
Say spits
77
C
Kamos /camels/ spits
2
78
C
Datsu /that’s a/ monkey
2
79
C
Mad Voice
Hes so mad
3
80
C
Whisper
Lion so mad
3
1
Questioning
Whisper
E
C
82
C
Datsu hase /that’s a horsey/
2
E
Yeah, that’s the horsey,
where’s the chicken?
Umm, datsu /that’s a/ sheep
2
Avoides
Question
E
C
Still Avoids
Question
There’s the sheep, where’s
the chicken?
Umm
Regular Third
Person -S
2
81
C
BROWN
MORPHEME
3
Lion so mad, where’s the
chicken?
Hm aino /I don’t know/
83
Regular Third
Person -S
Regular Third
Person -S
Contractible
Copula
84
UTTERANCE
NUMBER
85
86
E
Keep looking
E
No, its on that page
C
Datsu /that’s a/ bunny
C
Xx
SPEAKER
CONTEXT
DIAGLOGUE
C
Datsu /that’s a/ key
C
Hmm
C
Excitement
That’s a baby
2
MORPHEME
COUNT
2
3
E
Oh, what do you say
87
C
Skooz /excuse/ me
2
88
C
Dats mato /that’s tomato/
2
E
Tomato
89
C
90
C
Hm tomio, datsu tomio
/tomato, that’s a tomato/
Datsu gapes /that’s a grapes/
E
No, those are carrots
91
C
92
C
BROWN
MORPHEME
Contractible
Copula
3
3
Regular
Plural -S
3
Regular
Plural -S
Regular
Plural -S
E
Dosu kaits /those are
carrots/
Datsu apitles /that’s a
apples/
No, its just an apple
93
C
Apple
1
94
C
8
95
C
Apidles, dats apidles, dats
apidles /apples, that’s
apples, that’s apples/
Dats /that’s/ duck
3
2
Regular
Plural -S
96
C
97
C
98
C
99
C
100
Datsu /that’s a/ fish, ange
/orange/ fish
Datsu /that’s a/ goat
2
6
E
Datsu f, ange /that’s a fish,
orange/ fish, dats ange
/that’s orange/ fish
Datsu an fia, dats an fia
/that’s orange flower, that’s
an orange flower/
Pink flower
C
Pink fia /flower/
2
2
6