Prosodic Alteration

The prosodic pattern of her spontaneous speech sounded slightly deviate from native Spanish, with inappropriate pitch excursions in some intra -sentence words. Comparative analyses with control subjects of fundamental frequency contours in a sentence-repetition task showed that FT roughly preserves the normal overall pattern in statements, questions, and compound sentences, but she introduces changes in word- and syllable-level contours. In this task, FT’s speech also showed a deviation from the normal rhythmic-temporal pattern of Spanish. In Spanish, accented vowels are on average longer than unaccented vowels. Control subject exhibited normal duration differences [t(336)= 2.62, p<.01], but FT did not [t(336)= .23, p=.817].

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EXAMPLE 1

Normal  Speaker 1

Normal Speaker 2

Patient  

Spanish sentence:

"¿Vienes mañana al estreno de la película?"










 


 

EXAMPLE 2

Normal  Speaker 1

Normal Speaker 2

Patient

Spanish sentence:

"¿Te ha gustado el regalo de cumpleaños?"










 

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