The average number of morphemes that communicators use in their sentences is called ________.
A) the mean length of language
B) the standard deviation of language
C) the standard deviation of utterance
D) the mean length of utterance

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The mean length of utterance (MLU) is a measure used in linguistics to quantify the complexity of a speaker's language ability by calculating the average number of morphemes per sentence.

The Average Number of Morphemes That Communicators Use in Their