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I. SINKA, M. GARMAN AND C. SCHELLETTER<br />
3.2 German-English 250-word tokens<br />
Tables 4a and 4b show the first German sample to reach the 250-word criterion<br />
is at 2;0, while Sonja’s English reaches criterion at 2;3. Shaded cells <strong>in</strong> the tables<br />
<strong>in</strong>dicate gaps <strong>in</strong> sampl<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
In the German data, we observe that verb types and tokens <strong>in</strong>crease<br />
steadily up to 2;3, after which they level <strong>of</strong>f. Two peaks for tokens at 2;3 and<br />
2;5 depress VTTR, which is otherwise <strong>in</strong> the range 0.29-0.33. TTR is with<strong>in</strong><br />
0.05 <strong>of</strong> VTTR for half <strong>of</strong> the samples, and for the means.<br />
Table 4a. Sonja, German, 250-word samples, ma<strong>in</strong> verbs and whole sample<br />
TTR<br />
Age 2;0 2;1 2;2 2;3 2;4 2;5 2;6 2;7 2;8 Mean<br />
(2;3, 2;6-7)<br />
VTypes 4 7 7 11 12 12 13 13 12.33<br />
VTokens 12 18 24 49 41 52 42 40 43.67<br />
VTTR 0.33 0.39 0.29 0.22 0.29 0.23 0.31 0.33 0.28<br />
TTR 0.22 0.36 0.36 0.32 0.33 0.33 0.40 0.31 0.34<br />
Sonja’s pattern <strong>of</strong> verb types and tokens <strong>in</strong> English is consistent with her<br />
German, albeit with a slight lag. English tokens are slightly higher towards the<br />
end, with a peak at 2;6. VTTR is correspond<strong>in</strong>gly lower than for German; TTR<br />
is with<strong>in</strong> 0.05 <strong>of</strong> TTR for the mean, and for all samples except 2;6.<br />
Table 4b. Sonja, English, 250-word samples, ma<strong>in</strong> verbs and whole sample<br />
TTR<br />
Age 2;0 2;1 2;2 2;3 2;4 2;5 2;6 2;7 2;8 Mean<br />
(2;3, 2;6-7)<br />
VTypes - 9 10 11 11 10<br />
VTokens - 34 52 45 47 43.67<br />
VTTR - 0.26 0.19 0.24 0.23 0.23<br />
TTR - 0.28 0.30 0.26 0.28 0.28<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ally, we should note that English verb types cumulate to just 17 types<br />
across samples 2;3 and 2;6-2;7, while German has 29 <strong>in</strong> the same samples,<br />
consistent with early development <strong>of</strong> T/A <strong>in</strong> that language.<br />
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