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In the beginning there was the Word, and shortly after this beginning came the stuttered word. If we seek an answer as to the genesis of stuttering, we are probably only a little better informed today than we were in the biblical days. Then, for reasons known only to God, Moses spoke in a manner that may be described as dysfluent and very likely as stuttering.
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The interested reader might wish to compare West’s “Ten-Factor Yardstick” with recently established “facts” about stuttering (see Andrews, Craig, Feyer, Hoddinotts, Howie, and Neilson, 1983; Wingate, 1983).
Single-base transformations involve simple sentences (e.g., “we will not go”) whereas double-base transformations involve complex sentences (e.g., “we heard him call”). Muma’s analysis of transformational grammar is based on the model of 1965 and earlier (e.g., Chomsky, 1965).
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Eisenson, J. (1984). Stuttering as an Expression of Inefficient Language Development. In: Raphael, L.J., Raphael, C.B., Valdovinos, M.R. (eds) Language and Cognition. Cognition and Language: A Series in Psycholinguistics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0381-5_6
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