01366 a2200181 4500 17041 17041 1930-2940 Anjana B. Ram Clustering of Disfluencies in 2.1 to 3 Year Old Kannada Speaking Children M.S. Thirumalai 2012 Department of Speech Language Sciences All India Institute of Speech and Hearing Naimisham Campus, Manasagangothri Mysore 570006 Department of Speech Language Sciences All India Institute of Speech and Hearing Naimisham Campus, Manasagangothri Mysore 570006 anjana1111@yahoo.com savithri486@gmail.com 136-148 Volume 12, Issue 11 1930-2940 Interruptions 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. Savithri. S.R Language in India http://www.languageinindia.com/nov2012/anjanadisfluencyfinal.pdf ddc FJAS