01311    a2200157   4500022001400000100001800014245007900032260002600111270030800137300001200445490003500457520055200492700001801044773002201062856006901084  a1930-2940  aAnjana B. Ram  aClustering of Disfluencies in 2.1 to 3 Year Old Kannada Speaking Children   bM.S. Thirumalaic2012  aDepartment of Speech Language Sciences All India Institute of Speech and Hearing Naimisham Campus, Manasagangothri Mysore 570006aDepartment of Speech Language Sciences All India Institute of Speech and Hearing Naimisham Campus, Manasagangothri Mysore 570006manjana1111@yahoo.commsavithri486@gmail.com  a136-148  vVolume 12, Issue 11x1930-2940  aInterruptions or breaks in the normal flow of speech are termed as disfluencies, i.e., disfluency is anything that impedes the forward movement of speech. The preschool child is developing vocabulary, grammatical structures and the ability to talk about abstract ideas and events. Because these skills are not yet fully developed, there is a lack of automaticity. Hence, the child might struggle to find the word he wants to say to communicate his idea. Hence, it appears that for most youngsters, disfluency is part of the developmental process.   aSavithri. S.R  aLanguage in India  uhttp://www.languageinindia.com/nov2012/anjanadisfluencyfinal.pdf