Usage and context in pediatric speech and language therapy
Abstract
Abstract Parallel to the rise of usage-based, emergentist, and constructivist theories on language acquisition over the last decades, context and usage have also come into focus in the area of speech-language therapy (SLT), where the traditional medical model of a “specialist fixing the patient’s speech and language system” is increasingly called into question. Focusing on oral language disorders in monolingual and bilingual children, in particular developmental language disorder (DLD), I will detail the role of the cognitive underpinnings and of the linguistic and socio-interactional context, both for more theoretical research on the nature of these disorders and for applied research on SLT assessment, intervention, and prevention.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Language Development and Disorders
Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
Stuttering Research and Treatment
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Trends in language acquisition research
- Publisher
- John Benjamins Publishing Company
- Pages
- 304–330
- Publication date
- 21 May 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter