Κατεύθυνση Εφαρμοσμένη Γλωσσολογία. Διδακτική Γλώσσας
Library of the School of Education

2019-12-27

2019

Poulimenou Chara

Ευγενία Μαγουλά, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια, Παιδαγωγικό Τμήμα Δημοτικής Εκπαίδευσης, Ε.Κ.Π.Α.
Δήμητρα Κατή, Ομότιμη Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Εκπαίδευσης και Αγωγής στην Προσχολική Ηλικία, Ε.Κ.Π.Α.
Αλέξανδρος-Σταμάτιος Αντωνίου, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Παιδαγωγικό Τμήμα Δημοτικής Εκπαίδευσης, Ε.Κ.Π.Α.

Δυσχέρειες στη ροή της ομιλίας σε τυπικά αναπτυσσόμενα ελληνόφωνα παιδιά προσχολικής ηλικίας

Greek

Speech disfluencies in typically developing Greek-speaking preschool-age children

This thesis examines speech disfluencies of 14 typical Greek-speaking children (7 girls and 7 boys) between the ages of 4;4-5;0 years in two different speaking conditions: (a) child-researcher conversation and (b) story retelling. During the preschool period, children demonstrate more often speech disfluencies compared to school-age children and adolescents. Τhis is a critical period because 95% of children with stuttering began to stutter at the age of 4. The purpose of this study is to provide normative data regarding types and frequency of speech disfluencies that expect in typically developing preschool children helping speech therapists distinguish normal disfluency from stuttering. Specifically, the present study examined the types and frequency of speech disfluencies per speaking condition and gender as well as the effect of speaking condition and gender on the frequency of speech disfluencies. The results of the study showed that different types of disfluencies occur during children's speech such as silent pauses, repetitions (sounds, syllable, words, phrases, part-phrases repetitions), revisions, interjections. Concerning the frequency of total disfluencies, it was found that children had more than 10 disfluencies per 100 syllables. However, the frequency of stuttering-like disfluencies was ≤ 3 per 100 syllables, while the mean number of iterations of sounds, syllables, and monosyllabic words was <2. Finally, regarding the effect of gender and communication condition on the frequency of disfluencies, statistically significant differences were observed only in the second case. Consequently, only the type of communication condition affects the frequency of disfluencies and not gender. The findings of the study show not only similarities but also discrepancies with the pre-existing literature. However, any comparison requires special attention, as previous studies do not investigate the Greek language and differ significantly from each other in methodology.

Language – Literature

Disfluencies, Speech flow, Typical development, Stuttering, Preschoolers, Greek-speaking

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