Language Becomes More Complex as It Becomes Longer, and Can

Question

Language becomes more complex as it becomes longer, and can be calculated in
A) Syntactical complexity units
B) Mean length of utterance
C) Morphological counts
D) None of the above

Accepted Answer

Mean length of utterance (MLU) is a measure used to estimate the complexity of children's language. It is calculated by dividing the total number of morphemes by the total number of utterances. As language becomes longer, it often becomes more complex, and MLU is a common metric for assessing this aspect of language development.