Length of Utterance, in Morphemes or in Words?: MLU3-w, a Reliable Measure of Language Development in Early Basque

The mean length of utterace (MLU), which was proposed by Brown (1973) as a better index for language development in children than age, has been regularly reported in case studies as well as in cross-sectional studies on early spontaneous language production. Despite the reliability of MLU as a measu...

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Main Authors: Maria-José Ezeizabarrena, Iñaki Garcia Fernandez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
MLU
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02265/full