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http://dx.doi.org/10.14698/jkcce.2014.10.6.043

Analysis on Preschoolers' Mean Length of Utterance and Type-Token Ratio by their Sex and Play Situation Type  

Sung, Mi Young (서경대학교 아동학과)
Chang, Moon Soo (서경대학교 컴퓨터과학과)
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Korean Journal of Childcare and Education / v.10, no.6, 2014 , pp. 43-56 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyze the differences of preschoolers' utterance features by their gender and play situation type. For this purpose, a total of 40 5-year-old children participated in this study. Dyad were participated in each play session during 10 minutes. The play session was videotaped and the videotaped data were transcribed by CBS(2014). The collected data were analyzed by using a independent t-test and paired t-test. The main results are as follows. First, girls' MLU-e, MLU-w, MLU-m were longer than that of boys in a familiar play situation. Second, preschoolers' MLU-w was longer in an unfamiliar play situation than in familiar ones and preschoolers' type-token ratio were higher in an unfamiliar play situation than in familiar ones. Implications for the importance of preschoolers' spontaneous speech are discussed.
Keywords
Mean Length of Utterance; Type-Token Ratio; Familiar Play Situation; Unfamiliar Play Situation; Preschooler;
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