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Clinician-child discourse: some preliminary questions
The Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders
|May 1, 1978
Summary
This study analyzed clinician-child interactions during language remediation, finding consistent patterns in communicative acts and discourse topics. However, responses to requests showed no clear patterns between clinicians and children.
Area of Science:
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Developmental Psychology
- Linguistics
Background:
- Understanding clinician-child discourse is crucial for effective language remediation.
- Pragmatic analysis provides insights into the nuances of communication in therapeutic settings.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze pragmatic procedures in clinician-child discourse during language remediation.
- To identify patterns in communicative acts, responses to requests, and discourse topics.
Main Methods:
- Employed pragmatic procedures to analyze clinician-child discourse.
- Categorized communicative acts, responses to prior requests, and discourse topics.
- Examined interactional patterns in a language remediation context.
Main Results:
- Consistent patterns observed in the frequency and types of communicative acts between clinicians and children.
- No consistent patterns identified in responses to prior requests for either group.
- Consistent group patterns found in the introduction, continuation, and reintroduction of discourse topics.
Conclusions:
- Clinician-child interactions in language remediation exhibit predictable patterns in communicative acts and topic management.
- The variability in responses to requests suggests areas for further investigation.
- Further research is needed to understand the variables influencing these discourse patterns.