MIAMI - Zeledon2
Instances of because for speaker MAT

180MATyou can help me out because [?] I have bad eyes .
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES helphelp.V.INFIN meme.PRON.OBJ.1S outout.ADV becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S havehave.V.1S.PRES badbad.ADJ eyeseyes.N.PL .
  
203MATno because when I &t +//.
  nono.ADV becausebecause.CONJ whenwhen.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S .
  
257MATwhy can't you go (.) to contacts because +/.
  whywhy.REL can'tcan.V.123SP.PRES+NEG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP gogo.V.2SP.PRES toto.PREP contactscontact.N.PL becausebecause.CONJ .
  
261MAT(be)cause they cut you know they [/] they like cut <the the ret(ina)> [/] the like retina off .
  becausebecause.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P cutcut.V.3P.PRES youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES theythey.PRON.SUB.3P theythey.PRON.SUB.3P likelike.V.3P.PRES cutcut.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF thethe.DET.DEF retinaretina.N.SG thethe.DET.DEF likelike.CONJ retinaretina.N.SG offoff.PREP .
  
315MAT+< I know but (.) I like Law_and_OrderSE because <it's a lot> [//] it's [/] &w it's [/] it's real you know .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S knowknow.V.1S.PRES butbut.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S likelike.V.1S.PRES Law_and_Ordername becausebecause.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES aa.DET.INDEF lotlot.N.SG it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES realreal.ADJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES .
  
361MAT+< because I +...
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S .
  
483MATyou know what I'm saying you gotta see the fun in it because if it +//.
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES whatwhat.REL I'mI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.PRES sayingsay.V.PRESPART youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP gottaget.V.2SP.PRES+TO.PREP seesee.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF funfun.N.SG inin.PREP itit.PRON.SUB.3S becausebecause.CONJ ifif.CONJ itit.PRON.OBJ.3S .
  
655MATthat's why I like it (be)cause it's like blatant .
  that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES whywhy.REL II.PRON.SUB.1S likelike.V.1S.PRES itit.PRON.OBJ.3S becausebecause.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN blatantblatant.ADJ .
  
675MAT<he's> [//] because he has like a [//] an accent (be)cause he's so smart .
  he'she.PRON.SUB.M.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES becausebecause.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S hasha.IM+V 3S PRES.[or].has.V.3S.PRES likelike.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF anan.DET.INDEF accentaccent.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ he'she.PRON.SUB.M.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES soso.ADV smartsmart.ADJ .
  
675MAT<he's> [//] because he has like a [//] an accent (be)cause he's so smart .
  he'she.PRON.SUB.M.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES becausebecause.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S hasha.IM+V 3S PRES.[or].has.V.3S.PRES likelike.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF anan.DET.INDEF accentaccent.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ he'she.PRON.SUB.M.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES soso.ADV smartsmart.ADJ .
  
751MAT(be)cause if you don't you know .
  becausebecause.CONJ ifif.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP don'tdo.V.2SP.PRES+NEG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES .
  
781MATbecause Jewish people are rich so he's like I need a Jew you know [=! laugh] .
  becausebecause.CONJ Jewishname peoplepeople.N.SG areare.V.123P.PRES richrich.ADJ soso.ADV he'she.PRON.SUB.M.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES likelike.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S needneed.V.1S.PRES aa.DET.INDEF Jewname youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES .
  

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