Phase
5 Quantity. A non-verb or coordinated category used when a child produces the
words ‘some’ or 'many' or 'all' to code “more-than-one”.
Utterance |
Context/Explanation |
I
have some books |
Child
commenting on books he has (Note: the main verb category is state (have)
and quantity ‘s’ is also coded) |
Get
some juice |
Child
reaching for juice container (Note: This utterance also codes locative
action “get”.) |
I
have many ducks |
Child
commenting on ducks he has (Note: the main verb category is state (have)
and quantity ‘s’ is also coded) |
Daddy
pick many flowers |
Child
commenting on father’s flower picking (Note: This utterance also codes
action “pick” and quantity ‘s’.) |
All
cats are cute |
Child
commenting on pictures of cats (Note: the main verb ‘are’ represents
the state category |
Mommy
got all good movies |
Child
commenting on mother’s excellent video choices (Note: This utterance
also codes locative action “got”, attribution “good”, and quantity
‘s’.) |