Obilježja eholalije u djece tipičnog razvoja dobi 1-3 godine

master's thesis

• Title (english): Characteristics of echolalia in typically developing children aged 1-3 years
• Author: Nikolina Klešković
• Mentor: Maja Cepanec (mentor)
• Committee member: Maja Cepanec (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Sanja Šimleša (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Jasmina Ivšac Pavliša (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2022-09-12, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Speech Therapy

Abstract

Eholalijom nazivamo ponavljanje tuđih verbalnih iskaza – riječi, fraza i rečenica. Iako se često u literaturi navodi da djeca tipičnog razvoja prolaze kroz fazu eholalije oko prvog rođendana, sustavna istraživanja koja bi potvrdila ovu tvrdnju vrlo su rijetka. Cilj ovog diplomskog rada bio je utvrditi razvojne promjene u obilježjima neposredne eholalije u djece tipičnog razvoja dobi 1 - 3 godine. Osim toga, analizirali su se iskazi koji su prethodili eholaliji, kao i oni iskazi koji su slijedili nakon eholalije, s ciljem dobivanja boljeg uvida u jezični kontekst u kojem se eholalija pojavljuje. Analiza se temeljila na Hrvatskom korpusu dječjeg jezika (HKDJ – Kovačević, 2002) koji sadrži zapise spontane interakcije troje djece s odraslim govornicima iz njihove obiteljske sredine. Navedeni korpus nastao je longitudinalnim praćenjem u razdoblju dječjeg usvajanja jezika. Rezultati istraživanja pokazali su da je najznačajnija učestalost eholalije u djece tipičnog razvoja prisutna u prvoj polovici druge godine života, s vrhuncem oko 16 mjeseci, a udio eholalije u spontanom govoru može ići i preko 25% u tom periodu razvoja. Djeca tipičnog razvoja u najvećoj mjeri rade određene promjene u iskazu kojeg ponavljaju i to tako da selektivno ponavljaju samo neke riječi, dok druge izostavljaju. Nadalje, pokazalo se da je prosječna duljina eholalije manja od prosječne duljine djetetovih samostalnih iskaza. Zanimljivo je da je manje eholalije uslijedilo nakon iskaza visokog jezičnog ograničenja koji zahtijevaju da dijete odgovori specifičnim semantičkim ili sintaktičkim strukturama, u odnosu na iskaze niskog jezičnog ograničenja koji nemaju taj zahtjev. Način na koji odrasle osobe odgovaraju na eholaliju u velikoj se mjeri razlikuje u dostupnim transkriptima. Ipak, primjećuje se da odrasle osobe često na djetetovu eholaliju odgovaraju imitacijom i potvrđivanjem. Ovaj je podatak važan jer su istraživanja pokazala da majčina vokalna i verbalna imitacija može pozitivno utjecati na djetetov jezično-govorni razvoj.

Abstract (english)

Echolalia is the repetition of other people's verbal utterances - words, phrases, and sentences. Although it is often claimed in the literature that typically developing children go through a phase of echolalia around their first birthday, there is little systematic research to support this claim. The aim of this work was to determine developmental changes in the characteristics of immediate echolalia in typically developing children aged 1-3 years. In addition, both the utterances preceding and following echolalia were analysed to gain better insight into the linguistic context in which echolalia occurs. The analysis was based on the Croatian Corpus of Child Language (CCCL - Kovačević, 2002), which consists of language samples of spontaneous interaction between three children and adult speakers in their family environment. The aforementioned corpus was created through longitudinal observation of the children's language acquisition. The results of the study showed that the most significant frequency of echolalia in typically developing children is present in the first half of the second year of life, with a peak at about 16 months. It also showed that the proportion of echolalia in spontaneous speech can reach over 25% during this developmental period. Typically developing children mostly make specific changes in the statement they repeat, selectively repeating only some words and omitting others. In addition, the study showed that the average length of echolalia is shorter than the average length of the child's independent utterances. Interestingly, the study showed that echolalia follows to a lesser extent utterances that require the child to respond with specific semantic or syntactic structures compared to utterances that do not impose this requirement. The adult response to echolalia varies widely in the available transcripts, but often includes imitation and affirmation. This is important because it has been observed that vocal and verbal imitation by the mother can positively influence the child's speech and language development.

• Keywords: Eholalija; neposredna eholalija; čista eholalija; ublažena eholalija; korpus dječjeg jezika
• Keywords (english): Echolalia; immediate echolalia; pure echolalia; mitigated echolalia; corpus of child language
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:158:864309
• Study programme: Title: Graduate study of Speech and Language Pathology; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra logopedije (magistar/magistra logopedije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2022-11-04 13:10:47