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Is this speech sample non-contingent? CHI: What you doing? INT: I just wanna see you talk. MOT: What’s Tom doing? CHI: Take a picture Tom. INT: No. CHI: Yes. INT: I’m not taking pictures. I’m making a video. CHI: I don’t /wan/ “want” /bideo/ “video.” INT: What’d you say? CHI: I don’t /wan/ “want” /bideo/ “video.” INT: You don’t want video? CHI: No. FAT: Where’s my handicap placard? CHI: Some of my dad’s missing. INT: Some of your dad’s what? CHI: Missing. INT: Missing what? CHI: Be quiet /dere/ “there.” INT: Who? CHI: You. INT: Why? CHI: Leave me /lone/ “alone.” INT: You? CHI: Yes. INT: Ok. I’m just watching TV. CHI: You’re not. INT: Yeah. Luna gets up from her seat and walks to get a better look at interviewer’s recording device. CHI: Are you watching a /bideo/ “video?” INT: No, I’m making a video. Can you just eat your chicken? Hey, do you wanna go to school with Tom? Luna shakes her head. Why not? CHI: I’m not /bigga/ “bigger” yet. INT: What? CHI: I’m not /bigga/ “bigger” yet. Luna continues to eat the chicken and grimaces while chewing a piece. INT: Ok. Is that bone? CHI: No. INT: You know what that’s called? CHI: I /don/ “don’t” know. INT: That’s called ‘cartilage.’ Can you say ‘cartilage?’ CHI: I’m eating it! INT: Cartilage? It’s yummy, huh? I like it. CHI: Me too. INT: You know who else likes it? CHI: Hm? INT: You know who else likes cartilage? Spartacus. (Spartacus is the dog.) CHI: Yummy. Anymore? INT: Anymore cartilage? CHI: Yeah. INT: You find it. CHI: I /dink/ “think” /is/ “it’s” in /hewe/ “here.” No! INT: Just eat it. Is it meat? Don’t eat the bone. CHI: /Carlage/ “Cartilage!” INT: Good job. K, if it’s too hard, don’t eat it. Cartilage is soft. CHI: Hm? INT: If it’s too hard, don’t eat it. Cartilage is soft. CHI: /Is/ “it’s” soft. INT: Ok. Only Sparticus can eat the bone. CHI: I’m not eating /dis/ “this” one. CHI: I’m /jus/ “just” /holdin/ “holding” /car da lidge/ “cartilage.” INT: Good girl. Father coughs in the next room. Are you still coughing like your dad? Luna nods her head. What’s gonna make it better? CHI: Juicy. INT: Tell your dad, ‘Drink juice.’ CHI: He’s Coke /wid/ “with” /dat/ “that.” INT: He drinks Coke with that? CHI: Yeah. INT: He’s never gonna get better. CHI: If he drink lot of Coke, I… Hey, /get/ “guess” what? CHI: I found it! INT: What is that? CHI: Mango. The child says “mango” but it’s actually a papaya. INT: No! That’s not mango. What did I teach you that was? CHI: I’m eating mango!! INT: It’s papaya! Are you still hungry? CHI: No. INT: But you still have meat. CHI: I /don/ “don’t” want it. MOT: Let’s go wash your hands. Mother takes Luna to wash her hands. CHI: Hey! Tom is watching a /bideo/ “video” in his room! INT: He’s watching Spiderman. CHI: I want to watch Cinderella’s /bideo/! MOT: We’ll do it later, OK? Luna dries her hands and runs back out to the living room where her plate and juice remain at the table. CHI: I /wan/ “want” some /fine/ “find” /da/ “the” bone. MOT: Oh, you found the bone? Luna sips juice, runs to the sink, and spits it out. INT: Hey, mama’s gonna get mad you. CHI: No, mama not. Luna runs to her room and hides behind toy bins. CHI: I /wan/ “want” Tom make my /seeket/ “secret” hide-out dark. INT: You want Tom to make your secret hide-out dark? Ask him again. CHI: Tom! I /wan/ “want” you make my /seeket/ “secret” hide-out dark. INT: What’s the magic word? CHI: Please, Tom. BRO: What? MOT: Can Auntie Carrie make it for you? CHI: Yes. INT: Like this? Interviewer drapes blanket over bins. CHI: Try /an/ “and” /fine/ “find” me. INT: I can’t make it stay. Wait. CHI: Try /an/ “and” /fine/ “find” me! INT: I know where you are! Blanket falls off the toy bins hiding Luna. CHI: It fell down! It fell down! INT: Don’t move. Don’t move it. Luna comes out from behind the bins with toy medical instruments. CHI: Sick. INT: Who is? CHI: You. INT: No. Luna puts toys down and reaches to grab interviewer’s recording device. CHI: Is /dat/ “that” your /cara/ “camera?” INT: Who is that? Interviewer points to camera screen capturing image of Luna’s brother and shows Luna. CHI: I /don/ “don’t” know. INT: Who is that? CHI: I /don/ “don’t” know. INT: Yes, you know who that is. Luna continues to grab at camera while interviewer keeps it out of reach. CHI: I know what’s to do! INT: You can’t. It’s your dad’s. You can’t touch it. Luna runs towards her bedroom. CHI: /Dat’s/ “That’s” my… /Dat’s/ “That’s” my police station. CHI: I can take you /dewe/ “there.” INT: Where is your police station? CHI: /Pollow/ “Follow” me! INT: Where are you going? CHI: /Goin/ “Going” to my police station! Interviewer inquires about a toy box nearby. INT: What’s inside there? You were gonna show me. CHI: /Dat’s/ “that’s” your surprise storage. INT: That’s my surprise what? CHI: Storage. INT: Storage. CHI: Yes. INT: Where’d you get that? CHI: /Fom/ “From” my room. INT: From who? CHI: /Fom/ “From” my room. INT: My room? I don’t have a room here. BRO: Yeah, you do. Because you’re part of our family. CHI: Ah… /Booga/ “Booger” family. INT: Booger family? What’s going on here? Luna attempts to squeeze into the same seat as the interviewer. CHI: Move it. INT: No, watch this. CHI: I /don/ “don’t” want to watch. INT: Watch. Look at Tom. CHI: What? INT: You see him? CHI: Let’s, let’s, let’s close it because he’s not gonna watch. Luna attempts to press button on interviewer’s camera. INT: No, I’m watching. CHI: Can I play /wit/ “with” your phone? INT: No. Let me do this. CHI: /Weady/ “Ready!” INT: I don’t have games. CHI: I’m /jus/ “just” playing. INT: Ok, press that one. See and then the light comes on. CHI: Uh, I want to /jus/ “just” work. INT: It doesn’t work. It’s just a phone. It doesn’t have games like mama’s phone. CHI: Let me check /da/ “the…” Luna wraps interviewer’s cell phone in a ToysRUs advertisement. INT: What? You wanna check the newspaper? CHI: Wait. Wait. Wait. INT: What are you doing? What am I waiting for? Luna puts the cell phone and advertisement on the table and runs to her mother in the kitchen. CHI: Mama, can I have candy? MOT: No. CHI: Why? CHI: Wait. I /wan/ “want” Auntie Carrie to stop record /dis/ “this.” CHI: Stop it. Luna runs back to interviewer from the kitchen. CHI: You have to come /wit/ “with” me to look it. CHI: Come to look it. INT: Going to where? CHI: Look it. INT: Look it? CHI: No. We’s… We’re going to my cool house! INT: Your cool house? Father puts on a movie per brother’s request. INT: What are we watching? “Pitch Perfect?” CHI: Mommy? CHI: Can I have /pocorn/ “popcorn?” MOT: Yes. CHI: Do you have Tom /bideo/ “video” of him doing /dis/ “this” taking picture of me? CHI: Take it. INT: I have it on my phone. My old phone. CHI: Where your /ole/ “old” phone? INT: At my house. Luna is fixated on the movie playing and sings along with the introduction. CHI: Blah blah rab da dab dab da! CHI: I’m a funny face! Brother and I laugh. Luna dances to the music from the TV. CHI: I’m a funny face! CHI: I’m a funny face! Luna eats the popcorn her mother brings her. CHI: /Is/ “It’s” hard. CHI: Bone! INT: No, no, no. Not bone. Kernel. Look it. She’s gonna sing. Ready? CHI: One. Two. /Tree/ “Three.” Four. Five. Girl on TV throws up. CHI: Ew! CHI: No more? INT: No more throw up. CHI: Watch. Luna dances to the music from the TV and continues to eat her popcorn. CHI: /Wan/ “Want” some? INT: No, thanks. Ok, maybe just one. You pick one. Thanks. MOT: Hey, Auntie Carrie said thanks. What do you say? 100.CHI: Welcome.

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