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Language Vulnerability, Speech Delay and Therapeutic Intervention
Author(s) -
BROWN BETTY BYERS
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.3109/13682827609011290
Subject(s) - psychology , phonology , vulnerability (computing) , syntax , intervention (counseling) , speech disorder , linguistics , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , computer science , philosophy , computer security , psychiatry
Summary During the process of speech acquisition all children must be vulnerable to linguistic mishap. While most children transcend the vulnerable periods without breakdown others may be unable to do so because of the coincidence of events or the particular inter‐action between circumstances and disposition. In these cases there may be ensuing speech delay or deviation. It is believed that the clues for remedy lie in the language behaviour of the child. Reference is made to a small study undertaken with a view to distinguishing at an early age between delay and deviation in emerging phonology and syntax. Implications for therapy are discussed.