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Peer reviewedMeline, Timothy J.; Meline, Nannette C. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981
The variation of mean length of utterance, a linguistic measure, is explored among 50 normally developing three-, four-, and five-year-olds. It is suggested that mean length of utterance, as a measure of language status, is limited in differentiating language-impaired from normally developing children. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, Diagnostic Tests, Disability Identification
