Expressive Language Difficulties
Expressive language can be either delayed or disordered. A child with expressive language delay is slow to develop spoken language, but this language follows the normal pattern when it does appear. Expressive language disorder means that acquisition is not only slow, but different from normal. The pattern of development is uneven and atypical.
Language is made up of many areas, including:
• morphology - the way word structures change (such as, ‘run’, ‘running’, ‘ran’)
• grammar - rules about the structure of phrases and sentences
• semantics - the meanings of language
• pragmatics - the social rules of language use
• phonology - the sound system of the language.
Expressive language difficulties may affect any or all of these areas.
Specialist speech and language therapy for children with expressive language difficulties is available from our Specialist Speech Therapy practice in Birmingham, Solihull and across the West Midlands.
Expressive language can be either delayed or disordered. A child with expressive language delay is slow to develop spoken language, but this language follows the normal pattern when it does appear. Expressive language disorder means that acquisition is not only slow, but different from normal. The pattern of development is uneven and atypical.
Language is made up of many areas, including:
• morphology - the way word structures change (such as, ‘run’, ‘running’, ‘ran’)
• grammar - rules about the structure of phrases and sentences
• semantics - the meanings of language
• pragmatics - the social rules of language use
• phonology - the sound system of the language.
Expressive language difficulties may affect any or all of these areas.
Specialist speech and language therapy for children with expressive language difficulties is available from our Specialist Speech Therapy practice in Birmingham, Solihull and across the West Midlands.