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Temporal Aspects of the Conversations between Children Who Stutter and Their Parents.
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Zebrowski, Patricia M. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1995
This paper reviews studies of conversational turn-management timing behaviors used by children who stutter and their parents. Temporal aspects of conversations between children who stutter and their parents do not differ significantly from parent-nonstuttering child conversations. Parental manipulation of speech rate and response-time latency may…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Connected Discourse, Dialogs (Language), Interpersonal Communication
Language Complexity and Stuttering in Children.
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Ratner, Nan Bernstein – Topics in Language Disorders, 1995
This article evaluates the extent to which syntactic, lexical, and conversational factors can significantly predict the frequency and loci of stuttered moments in children's speech. A synthesis of the experimental and clinical evidence suggests ways in which the assessment and remediation of fluency disorders in children can be tailored to…
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Dialogs (Language), Difficulty Level, Evaluation
Topic Management in Discourse: Assessment and Intervention.
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Mentis, Michelle – Topics in Language Disorders, 1994
This paper discusses the parameters of discourse topic management in terms of a multidimensional model of topic coherence; interaction between these parameters and linguistic and cognitive knowledge; effects of discourse, linguistic, and cognitive level difficulties on topic parameters; a method of assessment across all parameters and knowledge…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Coherence, Communication Skills, Connected Discourse