TABLE 3.
Age group 1 | Age group 2 | Age group 3 | |||||||
Mean | S.D. | Range | Mean | S.D. | Range | Mean | S.D. | Range | |
MLU | 2.73 | 0.55 | 1.74–4.3 | 3.61 | 0.82 | 2.26–5.86 | 3.78 | 0.77 | 2.14–5.63 |
NDW | 113.61 | 27.46 | 64–179 | 168.26 | 40.45 | 102–265 | 163.05 | 45.26 | 108–258 |
TNW | 507.78 | 186.32 | 192–883 | 679.14 | 272.83 | 216–1446 | 537.09 | 249.7 | 277–1106 |
TTR | 0.24 | 0.06 | 0.14–0.38 | 0.27 | 0.07 | 0.15–0.50 | 0.33 | 0.07 | 0.20–0.46 |
TNU | 136.39 | 46.02 | 36–193 | 142.5 | 42.22 | 62–241 | 116.59 | 40.69 | 62–206 |
vocD | 33.5 | 8.53 | 15.9–47.0 | 41.1 | 12 | 16.0–64.7 | 48.3 | 6.93 | 34.6–60.2 |
MLU, mean length of utterances in word; NDW, number of different words; TNW, total number of words; TTR, type token ratio; TNU, total number of utterances.