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ERIC Number: EJ962298
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Apr
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0269-9206
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Analysis of VOT in Turkish Speakers with Aphasia
Kopkalli-Yavuz, Handan; Mavis, Ilknur; Akyildiz, Didem
Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, v25 n4 p287-301 Apr 2011
Studies investigating voicing onset time (VOT) production by speakers with aphasia have shown that nonfluent aphasics show a deficit in the articulatory programming of speech sounds based on the range of VOT values produced by aphasic individuals. If the VOT value lies between the normal range of VOT for the voiced and voiceless categories, then it is a phonetic distortion, thus a phonetic/articulatory deficit. A number of studies in different languages (French, English, Thai, Taiwanese) have investigated VOT in aphasic subjects in which their VOT values have been compared to those of normal speakers. This study investigates the VOT productions of voiced and voiceless stops by Turkish speakers with aphasia. Six patients with different aetiologies but similar language characteristics participated in this study. The results suggest that although Turkish nonfluent aphasics exhibit unimodal distribution of VOT production, the VOT values and ranges show language-specific properties. (Contains 6 tables and figures.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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