Correlation Between Mean Length of Utterances in Preschoolers and Different Maternal Education Backgrounds

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to measure the mean length of utterances (MLU) in typically developing preschool children and to identify whether maternal education is an influential variable in morphological development. The study also researched the relationship between MLU and number of different words (NDW). The participants included thirteen typically developing children. The results of this study showed that there was a medium correlation between MLU and maternal education. There was a slightly weaker relationship between MLU and NDW.