Examples of SLI

5.  He see snow on he chimney (‘He saw snow on his chimney’)

16. Me used to have a dog, but somebody take it away

18. Now, going home cause it melted  [describing picture] (‘He’s going home…’)     

23. Me got one from Michael

31. Play Nintendo (reply to ‘What did you do?’)

32. Me fall asleep on the couch (‘I fell asleep on the couch’)

33. Me said, me gotta hurry up and go up

35. Come up there, then me sleep up there  (‘I went up there, then I slept up there’)

36. Me fall asleep up there (‘I fell asleep up there’)

48. Look at last time

73. Got a girl again

81. Like me see on the TV (‘Like I saw on the TV)

97. No, somebody else taked it (reply to ‘Did your teacher take the TV into your room?’)

101. Somebody else asked my mom to play outside with them (‘Somebody else asked my mum if they could play outside with them’)

102. No one shoveled it (reply to ‘Who shoveled the snow?’)

103. Me just jump overed it (‘I just jumped over it’)

105. He shoveled someone else

112. He burn heself here (‘He burned himself there’)

113. He eat it (interviewer replies ‘He ate it?’)

114. No, took it off of…then he eat it (‘No, he took it off of… then he ate it’)

120. Know? The teacher said when you eat a lot of food you got food in your mouth (‘Know what? The teacher said that when you eat a lot of food, you get food in your mouth’)

125. I think this, he…umm, oh, he dump it (‘I think this, he dumped it’)

126. He shoveled him truck (‘He shoveled it into his truck’)

127. And then he dump it (‘And then he dumped it’)

130. He shoveled him truck (‘He shoveled it into his truck’)

131. Then he dump it (‘Then he dumped it’)

132. And then he drived away (‘And then he drove away’)

133. Because, he want to put it (‘Because he wanted to put it (somewhere)’ – reply to ‘Why did he do that?’)

144. Then, he knocked him window (‘Then he knocked on his window’)

170. Long time ago you give me that first (‘A long time ago, you gave me that beforehand’ – reply to ‘I’ll give you the net after you catch a fish’)