Understanding trajectories of academic literacy: how could this
improve diagnostic assessment?
Supplementary file
Distributional analysis of Philomena’s development (tokens and contexts)
Samples
1
2
3
4
5
Stages
Syntax
Morphology
Do2nd/
/
0/6
Sentence
/
0/2
2/9
Aux2nd
1F
2F
3SG-s
0/4
0/8
0/4 2/46 0/30
Phrasal
Y/N
1/1
/
/
/
9/9
II
Inv
8F
Tense agr
/
/
/
/
/
1/4
1/2
0/1
1/1
8/9
Cop Inv
9F
3F
3F
2F>
1F>
1F>
Past -ed
/
/
/
/
/
Phrasal
2/10
I
PLagr
/
/
1/1
0/2
2F
Do Fronting
Category
Pl-s
SVO?
Lemma
Single words
/
/
4/4
3/3
/
0/3
2/5
9/9
7/9
+
+
6
2/10
1F
1/43
4/8
/
6/7
8F
/
3/6
/
3/4
2>
1/1
0/6
1>
5/5
2/2
4/8
1>
1F
3/3
+
+
+
+
6/6
Key:
5/6 = 5 out of 6 contexts
/ = There is no context
+ = The structure has been acquired but numerical data is not given because the structure is
very frequent.
Shading = The structure, for which numerical data is given, reaches the acquisition criterion.
F = formula
> = overgeneralisation
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Distributional analysis of Philomena’s development (tokens only)
Samples
1
2
3
4
5
6
Syntax
Morphology
Sentence
Has/have
2
Phrasal
Aux+en
II
Phrasal
will
2
I
Wh2
1
7
11
8
Fronting
Category
PastIr
5
10
7
6
Aux+ing/ V11
9
7
1
9
ing
V
13
+
+
+
+
+
N
26
+
+
+
+
+
Key:
- = no tokens
+ = The structure has been acquired but numerical data is not given because the structure is
very frequent.
Shading = The structure, for which numerical data is given, reaches the acquisition criterion.
F = formula
2
Distributional analysis of Daniel’s development (tokens and contexts)
Samples
1
2
3
4
5
Stages
Syntax
Morphology
Aux2nd/
1F
0/6
Sentence
0/1
/
1/1
Do2nd
2F>
1>
3SG-s
014
1/13
0/5
0/10 1/39
1F
1>
Phrasal
Y/N
/
/
/
/
/
II
Inv
Tense
/
/
/
0/3
1/4
agr
Copula Inv
0/1
Past -ed
Phrasal
1
PLagr
Do Fronting
Category
/
/
/
Pl-s
SVO?
Single words
1/2
6/6
+
1/2
2F
2/2
1>
1/1
1F
1/1
2/3
1>
2/2
+
/
/
/
1/1
9/13
1/1
+
0/2
1F
1/1
2>
2/3
1>
/
4/6
4>
/
+
6
6/9
3/51
3>
/
2/3
/
1F
7/12
1>
1
/
5/8
1>
4/4
7/7
15/15
7/13
6>
3/3
/
+
+
1/5
Lemma
Key:
14/15 = 14 out of 15 contexts
/ = There is no context
+ = The structure has been acquired but numerical data is not given because the structure is
very frequent.
Shading = The structure, for which numerical data is given, reaches the acquisition criterion.
F = formula
> = overgeneralisation
3
Distributional analysis of Daniel’s development (tokens only)
Samples
1
2
3
Stages
Syntax
Morphology
4
5
6
Sentence
Phrasal
II
Phrasal
I
Has/have
-
-
1>
2
2>
5
4>
4
Aux+en
-
-
-
3
3
1
will
-
-
-
1
4
4
1
-
-
1
3
2
Past Ir
-
11
-
25
1>
23
24
1>
Aux+ing/
V-ing
9
6
8
3
3
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
WhFronting
Category
V
N
8
17
4
3F
+
+
Key:
- = no tokens
+ = The structure has been acquired but numerical data is not given because the structure is
very frequent.
Shading = The structure, for which numerical data is given, reaches the acquisition criterion.
F = formula
> = overgeneralisation
4