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Direct linkDethorne, Laura S.; Johnson, Bonnie W.; Loeb, Jane W. – Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 2005
Despite the common use of mean length of utterance (MLU) as a diagnostic measure, what it actually reflects in terms of linguistic knowledge is relatively unclear. This study explored the extent to which variance in MLU could be accounted for by a measure of expressive vocabulary and a measure of morphosyntax in a group of 44 typically-developing…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Expressive Language, Morphology (Languages), Syntax
Thordardottir, Elin T. – International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 2005
Background: Although a number of studies have been conducted on normal acquisition in French, systematic methods for analysis of French and normative group data have been lacking. Aims: To develop a systematic method for the analysis of language samples in Quebec French, and to provide preliminary normative data on early lexical and syntactic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Morphemes, Monolingualism, Error Patterns
