Role of Parts of Speech in Utterance Length for Mandarin-Speaking Children Aged 3–6 Years

• Published in: SAGE open Vol. 14; no. 4
• Main Authors: Wu, Shang-Yu, Lin, Hung-Ching
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.10.2024; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC; SAGE Publishing
• Subjects: Preschool Children; Speaking; Speech; part of speech; utterance length; Mandarin

We investigated the effect of part of speech adoption on the utterance length of Mandarin-speaking children. A total of 209 typically developing Taiwanese children aged 3–6 years participated in the study. They included 90 boys and 119 girls recruited from preschools in Miaoli City, New Taipei City,...