The mean length of utterance is the average number of _____ that communicators use in their sentences.
A) holophrases
B) phonemes
C) compound words
D) morphemes

Question

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Mean length of utterance (MLU) is calculated by counting the number of morphemes used in a sample of a child's speech and dividing by the total number of utterances. Therefore, the correct option is D, which refers to the average number of morphemes that communicators use in their sentences.

The Mean Length of Utterance Is the Average Number of _____