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Communication Disorders Quarterly
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Topic Management in the Discourse of Normal and Language-Impaired Children

Michelle Mentis

Boston University Boston, MA

Discourse topic represents an essential level of organization in discourse. The role that topic plays in the establishment of discourse coherence is discussed and a model for the assessment of topic in presented. In relation to the model, prerequisite skills for effective topic management and normal developmental patterns are discussed The manner in which topic management can be disrupted in the discourse of children with specific language impairment is described and profiles of disrupted topic management are presented. For assessment purposes a range of parameters of topic and subtopic introduction and maintenance are delineated and described.

Communication Disorders Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 1, 45-66 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/152574018801400104
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