Wrestling with Words

Synopsis

Every word we utter calls on 37 muscles and thousands of nerves. It’s not surprising that for many of us the process goes wrong. The result - a debilitating stammer or just everyday "disfluency". Philip French explores the process of speaking and gives new insight into the causes of stammering. He draws on demonstrations and case histories, including his own, as well as contributions from experts at the cutting edge in speech therapy, neuroscience, psychology and psycholinguistics. (30 minutes)

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

2006

Year of production

2004

Notes

Broadcast on Radio 4 on 18/2/2004

Subjects

Biology; Psychology

Keywords

neurophysiology; speech and language disorders; speech therapy; psycholinguistics

Online availability

URI

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/wrestling.shtml

Price

free

Delivery

Streamed

Credits

Contributor

Philip French

Distributor

Name

BBC Radio 4

Web

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 External site opens in new window