DHLS Notes  » Paper 2: Introduction to Speech and Language Pathology

Unit 1: Introduction

• Introduction to communication, language & speech
• Definitions of communication, language & speech
• Interrelation between speech, language & hearing
• Prerequisites of communication: speaker, listener, speech chain
• Functions of communication
• Types of language: Non-verbal: signs, symbols, gestures. Verbal: speech
• Parameters of language: orientation to phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax & pragmatics; secondary language-reading and writing
• Parameters of Speech: voice, articulation, fluency, prosody
• Normal speech and language
• Acquisition/ Development of Language and speech :
• Description of speech sounds and its acquisition/ development
• Stages in the development of language and important milestones
• Development of communications
• Factors affecting acquisition of speech, Language and communication.