USING OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL PATIENTS AS CASE STUDY.
BEING A PROPOSAL FOR A LONG ESSAY
SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
AND LITERARY STUDIES, FACULTY OF ARTS,
OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE- IFE, OSUN STATE,
NIGERIA.
BY
HAASTRUP CHRISTOPHER FOLA
EGL/2008/135
IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF ARTS (B.A.) DEGREE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE
1.0 Introduction 3
1.2 Statement of problem 4
1.3 Aim and objectives 4
1.4 Definition of Terms 5
1.5 Literature review 5
1.6 Research Methodology 7
1.7 Chapter Outline 8
1.8 Expected Contribution to knowledge 9
1.9 Summary and Conclusion 9 Bibliography 10
1.0 INTRODUCTION
In psycholinguistics, speech disorder involves difficulty with and /or slowness in the development of speech. The term ‘Speech sound disorder (s)’ is an umbrella heading under which there are several sub-categories that include Articulation disorder, Phonological disorder and Childhood apraxia. However, we will centre our concentration on articulation disorder in children.
Webster’s Dictionary gives one definition for articulate as; “to produce a speech sound by the movement of the organs of speech.” Articulation refers to the movement of the speech mechanisms (tongue, lips, larynx, teeth, hard palate, velum [so air escapes through nose only when appropriate], jaw, nose, and mouth) to produce speech. If any of these mechanisms are not working properly, weak, damaged, malformed, or out of sync with the rest, then a speech disorder may be classified as an articulation disorder. Articulation impairment: inability to produce a perceptually acceptable version of particular phonemes, either in isolation or in any phonetic context. Children may consistently produce a specific distortion (e.g. lateral lisp) or
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