Problems following topic shift in interactions with repaired cleft children

Saad, Mohammad Azannee and Mohd Jan, Jariah and Wahid, Ridwan (2020) Problems following topic shift in interactions with repaired cleft children. Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 10 (1). pp. 184-193. ISSN 2301-9468 E-ISSN 2502-6747

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Abstract

Children with a history of cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) can experience a range of difficulties such as sound articulation errors and reduced psychosocial functioning. This causes interaction with them to contain more frequent communication breakdowns than non-cleft children. The present study shows evidence of such breakdowns involving topic shifts in the interaction between parents and their repaired CL/P children. Interactional data were obtained through a series of recordings of three parent-child sets. The process is guided by the framework of Conversation Analysis (CA) while coding of topic shift adopts Crow’s typology (1983). Findings show that topic shift during interaction can indeed cause problems for children with a history of cleft, especially involving palatal cleft. Specifically, through the children’s repair initiations, the problems are manifest when a topic is introduced once the previous topic concludes, when a topic is extended and when a topic is revisited. This study shows that topic shift can potentially be a source of problems to CL/P children. Findings are useful for speech therapists, parents and teachers.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	9606/80903
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Cleft lip and/or palate; communication breakdown; conversation analysis; parent-child interaction; topic shift
Subjects:	L Education > LC Special aspects of education L Education > LC Special aspects of education > LC1390 Education of special classes of persons P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Education Kulliyyah of Education > Department of Language & Literacy
Depositing User:	Dr Mohammad Azannee Saad
Date Deposited:	23 Jun 2020 12:10
Last Modified:	17 Nov 2020 16:40
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/80903

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