Phonological Processes Revisited: Cluster Reduction
Part of Learning and Growing Your child is starting to talk and a lot of what she says sounds like gibberish, which is normal. She still needs more practice. She still needs to do a lot more listening to get better at it. It could also be because the body parts (tongue, teeth, etc.) needed for speech are still developing. For many reasons, your child uses phonological processes to talk. Think of it as a verbal “short cut” so that she can get the words out. Her speech isn’t perfect, but you can get the gist of what she’s saying. You notice that she says things like “pider” instead of “spider” or “chock-it” instead of “chocolate.” It’s adorable. Time To Worry? A few years have passed. In many ways she’s become more intelligible, a lot easier to understand. Many of the phonological processes she relied on are gone. Her speech and language skills have improved … Keep Reading…