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From: FLORENCE MYERS
Date: 13 Oct 2007
Time: 12:24:00 -0500
Remote Name: 24.45.108.13
HI - I WOULD GENERALLY AGREE WITH DAVID DALY, ALTHOUGH I HAVE SEEN CHILDREN SOMEWHAT YOUNGER THAN 7 OR 8 WHO ARE LANGUAGE-ADVANCED AND EXHIBIT CLUTTERING BEHAVIORS. ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT ALTHOUGH CLUTTERING DOES NOT MANIFEST ITSELF TIL SOMEWHAT LATER IN CHILDHOOD, THIS MAY BE AN ARTIFACT OF LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT! THAT IS, WHAT IF THE LENGTH AND COMPLEXITY OF UTTERANCES AND NARRATIVES DETERMINES WHETHER CLUTTERING BECOMES EXTREME (OR NOT). IN OTHER WORDS, THE CHILD WHO IS ONLY AT THE TWO-WORD UTTERANCE STAGE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EXHIBIT MUCH CLUTTERING (BECAUSE HE CAN'T STRING TOO MANY WORDS AND SYLLABLES TOGETHER YET)....BUT MAYBE THERE ARE OTHER CO-OCCURRING SIGNS FOR CLUTTERING TO UNFOLD LATER IN CHILDHOOD (E.G., POSSIBLY HAVING A TEMPERAMENT THAT IS "ALWAYS ON THE GO").