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Re: English 2nd language stutterer

From: Nan Ratner
Date: 10/20/03
Time: 8:25:08 PM
Remote Name: 64.12.96.107

Comments

If there is no struggle, awareness, or self-concept as a person who is dysfluent, I would say that the pattern is consistent with (not IS, but is consistent with) disfluency from language formulation problems. We have done some work on this topic (Boscolo, Bernstein Ratner & Rescorla, AJLSP, 2001), as has Nancy Hall, and repetitions, prolongations and even hesitations that resemble blocks are not uncommon when language production proficiency is compromised.

best regards, Nan

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