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A Psycholinguistic Analysis of the Stuttering Character in
Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam Malayalam Movie

Eva Benny, M.A. English and Arya Kalathimekkad, MASLP



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Abstract

This research aims to find the types of stuttering and kinds of associated behaviours in the Malayalam movie Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam. The character chosen to be analysed is the central character of the movie, Sudhi Vathmeekam. This research used Patricia M. Zarbrowski’s (2003:453-458) theories on types of Speech Dysfluencies and analysed the associated behaviours of stuttering based on ASHA (2017). This research applied a descriptive qualitative method. The sources of data of this research are Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam film and its script. The words, phrases, clauses and sentences uttered by Sudhi Vathmeekam in the film along with his gestures reflecting the phenomenon of stuttering were taken into consideration as data. After collecting the data, the researcher classified and analysed them into different categories based on psycholinguistic study. In the types of speech dysfluencies, through the findings of the study, the researcher couldn’t find any Between-Word dysfluencies but found three Within-Word dysfluencies out of four and all the associated behaviours were found.

Keywords: Psycholinguistics, Speech Disorders, Stuttering, Associated Behaviours, Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam Malayalam film.

Introduction

Language is a medium of communication to convey thoughts, ideas, and emotions through spoken, written, or gestural means. In communication information is exchanged between individuals or groups using various forms of language and nonverbal cues such as body language and facial expressions. In order to foster understanding, unity and relationships among people effective communication is necessary.

Linguistics is the study of language. Language is studied at various levels such as phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and discourse. The branches of linguistics are Sociolinguistics, Applied Linguistics, Computational linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Stylistics Historical Linguistics and Comparative Linguistics. (Torres Kettunen, F.) Psycholinguistics is a subfield of linguistics that emphases on psychological and cognitive aspects of language. It examines how a language is acquired, produced, comprehended and stored by the humans thereby contributing to the mental processes underlying language abilities and communication.

Theoretical Background

In language production, one of the areas psycholinguistics focuses is Speech Disorders which are Dysphasia, Aphasia, Stuttering, Cerebral Palsy and Dysgraphia. Lanier (2010: 9-14) states that there are three categorizations of speech disorders; they are fluency disorders, articulation disorders, and voice disorders. Fluency disorders are related to the smoothness or rhythm of speech and are especially common among young children. The inability to produce sounds correctly in speech is referred to as an articulation disorder. Voice disorder is a condition in speech that affects the quality of voice such as pitch, volume, tone.


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Eva Benny, M.A. English
Pathadan, Erayamkudy P O, Thrissur
Kerala, India 68030
evabenny26@gmail.com

Arya Kalathimekkad, MASLP
Kalathimekkad, Parakkadavu PO
Ernakulam, Kerala, India 683579
arya.k30@gmail.com

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