Calculate the Mean Length of Utterance (MLU) for this sample. Please show your work, counting the morphemes utterance by utterance. Do this by typing out one utterance per line, and typing out the total number of morphemes counted for that particular utterance at the end of each line. Marco, the child, is 5;0 years old. What do you deduce based on Marco’s age and developmental norms for MLU?

 

Adult: So tell me about your family. Child: I have two brothers and a sister. My brother Dan is real tall. He plays basketball. Miguel is only two and always breaks my toys. Libby is my sister and likes to play princesses. She makes me play dolls too sometimes. But I like planes and Ninja Turtles. A: Who is your favorite Ninja Turtle? C: Mikey, he's funny and likes pizza. A: What kind of pizza do you like? C: Just cheese. My mom tries to put veggies on my pizza but that's just gross. Dan and Libby like mushrooms on pizza but me and Miguel just like cheese. A: Do you like to watch movies? C: Yeah. A: Tell me about your favorite one.