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What is language?
Language is a code made up of a group of rules that
include:
When a person cannot understand the language code, then there is a receptive problem. If a person does not know enough language rules to share thoughts, ideas, and feelings completely, then there is an expressive language problem.
Language disorders can affect the way an individual talks, understands, analyzes or processes information. Language disorders include an individual's ability to hold meaningful conversations, understand others, problem solve, read and comprehend, and express thoughts through spoken or written words.
Difficulty in learning to listen, speak, read, or write can result from problems in language development. Problems can occur in the production, comprehension, and awareness of language at the sound, syllable, word, sentence, and discourse levels. Individuals with reading and writing problems also may experience difficulties in using language strategically to communicate, think, and learn.
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Dana Lynn Miller, MA, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist |
