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13 %u00a9 Elklan Training Limited 2025Elklan Supporting Gestalt Language Processing %u2013 a Total Communication Approach2.3 NON-GENERATIVE LANGUAGE COMPARED TOGENERATIVE LANGUAGELanguage can be used which is not generated by the individual and is referred to as nongenerative language. This means it is NOT a novel utterance created by forming words and creating a grammatical sentence to convey meaning. The non-generative language is heard and copied by the child or young person. Immediate and delayed echolalia are examples of non-generative language (see pages 16 and 17).Delayed echolalia is a large component in Gestalt Language Processing. Gestalts can therefore be referred to as non-generative units of language. Non-generative language can then develop to a transitional stage where some language is generated until the language is fully generated.Prizant & Rydell (1993) looked for a common framework to describe the differences in language function they had observed in autistic individuals i.e. the immediate echolalia, delayed echolalia, perseverative speech, and repetitive questioning. Luyster et al (2022) provide a model and an explanation of Prizant%u2019s generative and non-generative language framework. Prizant%u2019s research is the foundation from which it is possible to understand the development of Gestalt Language Processing.Simplified framework of Prizant%u2019s generative and non-generative languageLuyster et al (2022)The transitional phase in the model makes reference to %u2018Mitigated Gestalt Language%u2019. Mitigated, in the context of GLP, is used to describe how parts of the original gestalt are used in other word combinations. More detail will be given in Chapter 4.Marge Blanc is a renowned advocate and researcher of Gestalt Language Processing. Prizant (1983) had a model of four stages of GLP and Marge Blanc (2012) extended this to six stages. Marge Blanc outlines how autistic individuals develop language from echolalia to self-generated language and explains how echolalia is a crucial part of Gestalt Language Processing. Blanc refers to the stages of Gestalt Language Processing as %u2018Natural Language Acquisition%u2019 (NLA). (For an explanation about GLP, the NLA protocol and ALP and the approach adopted in this book, please see the introduction.)