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Peer reviewedKlee, Thomas; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1989
The study found that mean length of utterance (MLU) and age were significantly correlated in both language impaired (N=24) and normal preschool children with rates of MLU change also similar for both groups of children. (DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Developmental Stages, Expressive Language, Language Acquisition
Direct linkDevescovi, Antonella; Caselli, M. Cristina – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2007
e mean length of utterance in the Sentence Repetition Task grew from approximately two to three words, and the number of omissions of articles, prepositions and modifiers significantly decreased. After 3;0 years old, omissions of free function words practically disappeared. The results of Study 2 showed that mean length of utterance, omission of…
Descriptors: Test Reliability, Test Results, Statistical Analysis, Memory
