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Direct linkGierut, Judith A.; Morrisette, Michele L. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2005
Linguistic theory has made important contributions to the clinical assessment and treatment of children with functional phonological disorders. In this article, Optimality Theory (OT) is introduced as a new linguistic model of grammar. Basic assumptions of the model are described and extended to clinical assessment and treatment. The aim is (1) to…
Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, Error Patterns, Phonology, Speech Impairments
