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covert stuttering en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A manner of speaking in which a person who stutters is careful to avoid words, sounds, and other stimuli which trigger instances of stuttering.
   • Covert stuttering is characterized by accessory features such as word substitutions, interjections, and stopping. 1991, Kerry E. Lewis, “The Structure of Disfluency Behaviors in the Speech of Adult Stutterers,”, in Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, volume 34, page 482:
   • Though this form of stuttering is a well-recognized clinical phenomenon, research on the topic of covert stuttering is insignificant (Boodstein and Berstein Ratner, 2008). 2011, Jill E. Douglas, An Investigation of the Transition Process from Covert Stuttering to Overt Stuttering: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of Individuals Who Stutter, PhD dissertation, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, p. 16
   • [C]overt stuttering, also known as interiorized stuttering . . . may include avoidance of words or sounds, certain situations, certain people, and so on. 2006, David Ward, Stuttering & Cluttering, →ISBN, page 271:
   • Another mistaken impression is that covert stuttering is just a mild form of stuttering. 2006, Dale F. Williams, Stuttering Recovery: Personal and Empirical Perspectives, →ISBN, page 151:

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Synonyms

interiorized stuttering