Is stuttering or stammering a topic that is normally gone over in the study of linguistics?
See, I’ve never heard of stuttering being a problem of linguistics . For speech pathology, yes, but I am of the mind that linguistics is more concerned with the study of languages (origins, implications, etc) then language disorders. Can anyone clear this up for me? Am I totally off mark here?
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No, it’s not. Linguists don’t deal with stuttering, although some neurolinguists might (possibly!) be interested in the areas of the brain that are involved when a fluency disorder exists. Linguists don’t study language disorders, either (not sure what the other responder is thinking). They study language from a very different perspective than speech pathologists do.
I’m currently doing my M.S. in speech pathology, but my undergrad was in Linguistics. I did not have a single course that dealt with ANY speech or language disorder until I started the SLP program. So you’re exactly right - stuttering isn’t an issue addressed by linguists :).
yes it is
I am a speech-language pathology student. We study stuttering in lot of our classes. Linguistics studies disorders of language, while stuttering is a disorder of fluency. There are quite a few courses I am learning about stuttering in. My course book is called Intro to Communicative Disorders by Hedge. It has a chapter on fluency disorders and stuttering is focused on heavily in the chapter if you are looking for more information. Also, there are texts devoted soley to the subject. The Intro book is great for a brief overview.