The role of metalinguistic activity in the structure of mechanisms underlying general speech underdevelopment
https://doi.org/10.26907/2541-7738.2025.4.118-130
Abstract
The role of linguistic and metalinguistic activities in speech development during ontogenesis was evaluated. The content of the concepts “linguistic ability” and “metalinguistic ability” was refined, and their components were considered. The features of language acquisition in children with general speech underdevelopment in the context of remedial education and its outcomes were examined. The study revealed that, in addition to the immature linguistic ability and linguistic activity, such children display a lag in mastering metalinguistic activity skills and, accordingly, in both unconscious and conscious language reflection, which emerges as a mechanism that underlies the underdevelopment of speech. The specific manifestations of certain components of linguistic ability and metalinguistic ability in various forms of speech underdevelopment were described. The cumulative influence exerted by the insufficiency of the set of identified components on general speech underdevelopment in children at different age stages was discussed. The proposed perspective on mechanisms underlying general speech underdevelopment is a promising direction to further advance the diagnostics and remedial programs for affected children.
About the Author
O. E. Gribova
Institute of Special Education
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Olga E. Gribova, Cand. Sci. (Pedagogy), Associate Professor, Leading Researcher of Laboratory of Education and Complex Habilitation of Children with Speech Disorders
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Gribova O.E. The role of metalinguistic activity in the structure of mechanisms underlying general speech underdevelopment. Kazan Journal of Historical, Linguistic, and Legal Research. 2025;167(4):118-130. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26907/2541-7738.2025.4.118-130
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