A Psycholinguistic approach to the classification, evaluation and remediation of language disorder

Abstract

In recent years there has been a shift in focus in the approach to the classification, assessment and remediation of child and adult language disorder. A psycholinguistic approach has been adopted by many linguists and clinicians. Within the field of psycholinguistics, an attempt is made to interpret the phenomena of both normal and disordered language according to models of language processing. Phenomena of disordered language, then, are interpreted as being due to deficits in the language processing system. The language processing system is considered to be the means by which the speaker-listener expresses himself/herself verbally, and comprehends the expressions of others. A language processing model is a theorist's representation of this system.