Gestalt Language Processing

Gestalt Language Processing describes the development of language initially through gestalts (i.e., chunks of language). Other names that are used synonymously with gestalts include echolalia and scripting.

A comic strip depicting a parent and child. The child is a gestalt language processor and initially uses gestalts to communicate, then a mitigated gestalt, and finally a novel sentence.

Sourced from: The Informed SLP, Created by: Jennifer Yoshimura, MA, CCC-SLP

The 6 stages of Gestalt Language Development

Created and developed by Blanc, M., Elias, P., Pichette, D., Johnston, L., & Witters, I.

A orange and yellow infographic depicting a chart describing the stages of gestalt language processing and giving examples.

Created and developed by Blanc, M., Elias, P., Pichette, D., Johnston, L., & Witters, I.

A orange and yellow infographic depicting a chart describing the stages of gestalt language processing and giving examples.

Created and developed by Blanc, M., Elias, P., Pichette, D., Johnston, L., & Witters, I.

Gestalt Language Processing and AAC