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Direct linkBurrows, Lauren; Goldstein, Brian A. – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2010
Phonological acquisition traditionally has been measured using constructs that focus on segments rather than the whole words. Findings from recent research have suggested whole-word productions be evaluated using measures such as phonological mean length of utterance (pMLU) and the proportion of whole-word proximity (PWP). These measures have been…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Monolingualism, Bilingualism, English
Peer reviewedPrater, Rex Joe; Swift, Roger Williams – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1982
To test D. Stampe's hypothesis about the development of phonological processes, 60 children (21 to 48 months old) were placed into groups based on mean length of utterance (MLU) and chronological age. MLU was found to be the best classification for describing the phonological processes. (Author/SEW)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Articulation (Speech), Child Language, Infants
