semantic theory of stuttering

This theory that stuttering is a disorder in which self-reflexive, evaluative or semantic reactions play a determining role, and that the basic evaluative reaction involves the act of diagnosis. (See diagnosogenic theory.)

Definition reprinted with permission from Hood, Stephen B. (editor) available from Stuttering Foundation of America: Stuttering Words (Publication No 2: Speech Foundation of America)

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