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Dictionary of language and linguistics 346dysgrammatismagrammatismdyslalia [Grk lalía ‘talk, chat’]In the study of developmental language disorders, term referring to speech productiondisorders in children, such as syllable reduction, mispronunciation, or substitution ofindividual sounds (partial dyslalia) or of many sounds (multiple dyslalia) up to the pointof unintelligibility (universal dyslalia). A particular kind of dyslalia is known asparalalia. Dyslalia is distinguished from dysglossia, a condition which results fromstructural defects, and from dysarthria, a condition due to acquired neural impairments.The term ‘dyslalia’ is not currently used in North America. ( also articulationdisorder, phonological disorder)dyslexia [Grk léxis ‘word, speech’]Term covering a number of reading disorders with different causes. As with languagedisorder, acquired dyslexia, often referred to as alexia, and developmental dyslexia aredistinguished.ReferencesColtheart, M., K.Patterson, and J.C.Marshall (eds) 1987. Deep dyslexia, 2nd edn. London.Miles, T.R. 1985. Dyslexia: the current status of the term. CLTT 1:1.54–64.Søvik, N., O.Arntzen, and R.Thygeson. Relation of spelling and writing in learning disabilities.PMS 64:1.219–36.