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The purpose of this paper is to propose a method of supplementing the more traditional measures of linguistic form and fluency with a structured qualitative analysis of the communicative environment of a preschool child with severe language delays. The analytic methods presented were adapted from two main sources: a conceptualization of the factors contributing to the quality of communicative environments developed by Peck and a sociolinguistic approach to analyzing classroom interactions referred to as “mapping.” A detailed description of the method and several suggestions for application in special education research are included.
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Manset, G. Assessing Communicative Environments of Children with Severe Language Delays: A Qualitative Analysis of Topic Control. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities 12, 89–101 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009412432044
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