Language Becomes More Complex as It Becomes Longer, and Can

question 12

Multiple Choice

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

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Definitions:

Validity

The quality of being logically or factually sound; the degree to which a concept, conclusion, or measurement is well-founded and corresponds accurately to the real world.

Experimental Group

In scientific research, the group of subjects who are exposed to the variable or treatment being tested, as opposed to the control group.

Independent Variable

This refers to a variable in an experiment that is manipulated or changed by the researcher to observe its effects on the dependent variable.

Control Group

In experimental research, a group of subjects that does not receive the experimental treatment, used as a baseline to compare the effects of that treatment.