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Background measures of narratives.
| Total no. of words | No. of C-units | MLCU-W | MLCU-M | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD |
| SLI | 102.75 | 33.99 | 12.50 | 4.36 | 8.57 | 1.20 | 9.47 | 1.31 |
| CA | 145.35 | 62.21 | 16.15 | 7.21 | 9.39 | 1.98 | 10.41 | 2.31 |
| LA | 106.10 | 44.97 | 12.05 | 5.68 | 9.15 | 1.42 | 10.17 | 1.66 |
Note. MLCU-W = mean length of C-units in words; MLCU-M = mean length of C-units in morphemes. SLI = specific language impairment; CA = age-matched peers; LA = language-matched peers.
