01366 a2200181 4500999001700000022001400017100001800031245007900049260002600128270030800154300001200462490003500474520055200509700001801061773002201079856006901101942001401170 c17041d17041 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 2ddccFJAS