ALDS 2604 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Neurology, Environmental Modification Convention, Peter Van Riper

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies
• Course: ALDS 2604
• Professor: Jacquie Ballantine

Document Summary

Ling 2(cid:1010)04 slideshow (cid:1011: fluency disorders in children and adults, prevalence = less than 1% of population. At this point they are starting to create more complex sentences using words like and, but (increased linguistic pressure). Difficulty producing speech as they are formulating what they are trying to say. If child is fine (cid:449)ith ho(cid:449) the(cid:455)"(cid:396)e talki(cid:374)g, the(cid:374) fo(cid:272)us o(cid:374) (cid:449)o(cid:396)ki(cid:374)g (cid:449)ith pa(cid:396)e(cid:374)ts. Left hemisphere where perisylvian area is dominant side of brain (boss). Likelihood negligible past 6 years: tends to start in preschool years. If think someone is speaking too fast, talk slower so they slow down: history of stuttering theories, (cid:862)ref(cid:396)ige(cid:396)ato(cid:396) (cid:373)othe(cid:396)(cid:863) (cid:894)thought mother was cold, wendell johnson (1950s) diagnosogenic theory of stuttering. If child starts going through non-fluent period and parent freaks out and gives child label of stuttering, can make things worse and child can develop the actual stuttering. Tension continues to build and they develop more stuttering issues.