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Normal Variation and Prediction of Mean Length of Utterance From Chronological Age.

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Meline, 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

Relationship between Maternal Language Parameters and the Child's Language Competency and Developmental Condition.

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Hooshyar, Nahid T. – 1985

Maternal language directed to 21 nonhandicapped, 21 Down syndrome, and 19 language impaired preschool children was examined. The three groups (all Caucasian and middle-class) were matched in mean length of utterance (MLU) and in developmental skills as measured on the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale. Mother-child language interaction was…

Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Communication Skills, Downs Syndrome