conversational sample

collocation in English

meaningsofconversationalandsample

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conversational
adjective
uk
/ˌkɒn.vəˈseɪ.ʃən.əl/us
/ˌkɑːn.vɚˈseɪ.ʃən.əl/
relating to or like ...
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sample
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɑːm.pəl/us
/ˈsæm.pəl/
a small amount of something that shows you what the rest is or should ...
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(Definition ofconversationalandsamplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconversational sample

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In a nine-minuteconversationalsamplehe found 206 words ending in voiceless plosives, of which 61 occurred in turn-final position and 145 in turn-medial position.
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The other sample consists of twenty words taken from aconversationalsampletaken a few weeks later.
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This play-based interaction was successful in eliciting a substantialconversationalsamplefrom each child (approximately 300 - 400 speech acts per child).
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Age of first production was assigned to each word based on the earliest age when the child spontaneously produced the word in theconversationalsample.
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The conversational samples for all children were audio and/ or video recorded, and transcribed orthographically by the examiners.
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Narrative samples have consistently been found to elicit longer utterances than conversational samples.
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The inclusion of conversational samples may reveal a more complete assessment of subject use than the analysis of narrative samples can offer.
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Subsequently, four specific types of toys were provided for further conversational samples.
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April's data included 6 conversational samples at 0- to 8-month intervals between the ages of 1; 10 and 2; 11.
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This indicates that the narrative context elicited a more varied and complex use of language and was, therefore, more appropriate than conversational samples for the evaluation of syntactic complexity.
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