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Response to Howell's (2010) Commentary.

Julie D Anderson¹

¹Indiana University, Bloomington.

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|December 11, 2019

Summary

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This study refutes claims that Anderson's (2007) findings support the EXPLAN theory of stuttering. The data were not analyzed appropriately to confirm EXPLAN's predictions regarding stuttering.

Keywords:

EXPLAN children frequency phonological neighborhood stuttering

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Area of Science:

Speech and Language Pathology
Psycholinguistics
Stuttering Research

Background:

Anderson (2007) findings were previously interpreted in light of psycholinguistic theories of stuttering.
Howell (2010) argued these findings support the EXPLAN theory, contrary to initial interpretations.
This paper addresses Howell's objections and re-evaluates the evidence.

Purpose of the Study:

To dispute Howell's (2010) commentary on the interpretation of Anderson (2007) findings regarding the EXPLAN theory.
To argue that the original data do not support the EXPLAN theory of stuttering.
To clarify the limitations of using the existing data to validate EXPLAN.

Main Methods:

Review and critique of Howell's (2010) commentary on stuttering.
Analysis of EXPLAN theory's predictions regarding stuttering on "easy" vs. "difficult" words.
Examination of the relationship between speech errors and stuttering as proposed by EXPLAN.

Main Results:

Howell's assertion that Anderson's data support EXPLAN is refuted.
Key limitations include the lack of analysis by grammatical class in the original study.
EXPLAN lacks clear predictions on the association between variables affecting speech errors and stuttering.

Conclusions:

Howell's attempt to use Anderson's data to support EXPLAN is inappropriate.
The data are unsuitable for confirming the predictions of the EXPLAN theory.
Further research with appropriate analysis is needed to test the EXPLAN theory.