Aetiology of stuttering and its manifestation in bilingual children
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2011
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Stuttering in bilinguals is an area that has not received much attention. Stuttering and its manifestations in Bilingual Children who stutter with L1 (Urdu) and L2 (English) are
dimensions, the present study draw on. This research investigates the most common
stuttering sounds among bilingual children between 5 to 12 years old. This study is an
attempt to analyze stuttering in relation with mother tongue and with stutter's second
language. The study also explores whether or not speech aphasia is neurogenic or
psychogenic cause. Findings indicate that vowels, bilabials, alveolar, velar and palatoalveolar are problematic sounds for bilingual stutterers. Moreover; stuttering is
psychogenic speech disorder as compared to its neurogenic causes. The results regarding
frequency of stuttering (L1 or L2) concur with the findings of Nwokah (1988) who
ascertained that bilingual stutterers were more likely to stutter in one language than in another. The clinical implications and treatments in the light of findings are also
presented to gain insight into the phenomena of stuttering.
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Linguistics, Philosophy