Brown's Morphological Stages Flashcards
1
Q
Age and MLU for Brown’s stage I?
A
Age: 12-26 months
MLU: 1.0-2.0
2
Q
Age and MLU for Brown’s stage II?
A
Age: 27-30 months
MLU: 2.0-2.5
3
Q
Age and MLU for Brown’s stage III?
A
Age: 31-34 months
MLU: 2.5-3.0
4
Q
Age and MLU for Brown’s stage IV?
A
Age: 35-40 months
MLU: 3.0-3.75
5
Q
Age and MLU for Brown’s stage V?
A
Age: 41-46 months
MLU: 3.75-4.5
6
Q
Brown’s stage I
A
- About 50 words in vocab
- BASIC phrases with intent (more juice)
7
Q
Brown’s stage II
A
- Present progressive -ing (man running)
- “in” and “on” (basic prepositions)
- Regular plural -s (my kids)
8
Q
Brown’s stage III
A
- Irregular past tense (me drew)
- Possessive ‘s (daddy’s hat)
- Uncontractible copula (he is sick)
9
Q
Brown’s stage IV
A
- Articles (a, the)
- Regular past tense (she shopped)
- Third person regular present tense (he runs)
10
Q
Brown’s stage V
A
- Third person irregular (doggy does tricks)
- Uncontractible auxiliary (he was jumping)
- Contractible copula (she’s happy)
- Contractible auxiliary (She’s dancing)
11
Q
Formula for MLU
A
total # of morphemes / total # of utterances
