Ways of depicting speech deficits in the cinematic space: selected examples Cover Image

Sposoby przedstawiania deficytów mowy w przestrzeni filmowej – na wybranych przykładach
Ways of depicting speech deficits in the cinematic space: selected examples

Author(s): Izabela Ejsmunt-Wieczorek
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Applied Linguistics, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: speech disfluency; speech of people with hearing loss; communication in cerebral palsy; speech disorders; feature film

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses an important social aspect concerning speech disorders, also in people with disabilities, and the methods of their presentation in the film space. The main aim of the article is the way of presenting dysfunctions in the field of communication in a cinematic work. Other tasks of the article include attempts to answer the following questions: “does the environment influence the development of communication skills of people with disabilities?”, “how does the film show the relationships of people with speech disorders and disabilities in contacts with loved ones?”, and to “what extent is the film image consistent with the scientific description of a given disorder?”. The analytical chapters in the article are devoted to three disorders and selected feature films in which the actors present the language and communication skills of film characters struggling with speech disfluency, hearing dysfunction and cerebral palsy.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 35-47
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English