An investigation of the MLU-age relationship and predictors of MLU in 2- and 3-year-old Australian children
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19502312 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ann Chan, Lindy McAllister (0000-0001-8715-3971), Linda Wilson (0000-0003-4175-7125) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 97-108 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asia Pacific Journal of Speech Language and Hearing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1361-3286 • E-ISSN: 2058-0967 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/136132898805577241 |
| OpenAlex | W2089737513 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 18 |
Mean length of utterance (MLU) is widely used as an indicator of language development in the speech-language pathology profession. The literature has presented conflicting evidence regarding the age–MLU relationship and the strength of this relationship has been an issue of debate. Much of the previous research on MLU has been conducted with American children. There is a need to investigate the age–MLU relationship in Australian children. This paper presents the results of an investigation into the age–MLU relationship and factors which influence MLU in 2- and 3-year-old Australian children. Language samples were collected from a longitudinal study group of 75 children. Results indicated a positive relationship between age and MLU at the age of 2 years in this study of Australian children. MLU at 2 years was a significant predictor of MLU at 3 years. These results are discussed in the light of current literature and clinical implications. Limitations of the study and future research directions are also presented
Developmental psychology · Sociology · Demography · Language Development and Disorders · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology
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Age-relation, reliability and grammatical validity of measures of utterance length
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.09 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |