speech and language what’s the difference?. definitions: what is speech? what is language? the...
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Speech and Language
What’s the difference?
Definitions: What is Speech? What is
Language?The term “Language” can refer to the content in your brain.
Cognition and language enjoy a reciprocal relationship.
We may expect the child on the right to have higher language skills.
Examples of Language Difficulties
What is Speech?
The term “speech” can refer to the form your language takes, once it leaves your brain.
Is it Speech or Language?
Examples of Speech
• The way you pronounce words
• The way your voice sounds
• How fluent your speech is (ie. stuttering)
• Your Accent/Your Dialect
Examples of Language
• Vocabulary• Grammar• Length of utterance• Conceptual knowledge: opposites,
categories, positions, etc.
Is it possible to have both speech AND
language difficulties?
You betcha!
For instance: some children have low vocabularies, word-retrieval difficulties,
articulation disorders and significant dysfluency.
Speech and Language Pathologists …Speech
Language
Help people increase communication abilities, by improving:
• Articulation• Voice• Fluency• And• Language
Skil
ls!