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From: Greg Snyder
Date: 02 Oct 2006
Time: 15:14:52 -0500
Remote Name: 130.74.194.57
Hi Russ, Your post is quoted as saying: [ You said, "... there seems to be relatively little disagreement that the term stuttering refers to the domain of motor speech production and its disruption by speech disfluencies." I wonder, how does COVERT stuttering play into this? ] I would like to redirect your question to Yairi & Ambrose (2005), because the quote in which you challenge is theirs, not mine. And truth be told, I’m not sure they’re right. I think what they’re saying is that the very act of overt stuttering needs to be delineated from the consequences of stuttering. Another way of saying is would be to suggest that without the act of stuttering, there would be no consequences of stuttering. Thus, the Covert stutterer wouldn’t be a covert stutterer if they didn’t overtly stutter (or have the potential of overtly stuttering) in the first place. And in their minds, “stuttering” is an overt act referring to the domain of motor speech production. While there may be a myriad of consequences to this overt act (such as covert actions), the absolute core of the problem is still the overt behavioral action. Stated differently, their position seems to suggest that one cannot fear stuttering unless the overt stuttering behavior is present in the first place. Yeah—I know. I’m not sure I believe that either. And yes, all *three* of us are looking forward to seeing you in Atlanta. As far as the "Veeeellly Intellesting" allusion—I got that too. :)