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Syllable structure and sonority in language inventory and aphasic neologisms.
Brain Lang. 2005 Nov; 95(2):280-92.BL

Abstract

Phonological theories have raised the notion of a universally preferred syllable type which is defined in terms of its sonority structure (e.g.,). Empirical evidence for this notion has been provided by distributional analyses of natural languages and of language acquisition data, and by aphasic speech error analyses. The present study investigates frequency distributions of syllable types in German, which allows for a rather complex syllable structure, and in neologistic utterances of a German speaking jargon aphasic. The findings suggest that the sonority structure of the patient's neologisms is generally in accordance with the notion of theoretically preferred syllables. Moreover, comparative analyses suggest that the predominance of the preferred syllable type is especially pronounced in the aphasic data. On the basis of these findings, the influence of sonority in impaired phonological lexical processing is discussed.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Stenneken P
Experimental Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany. PStenn@zedat.fu-berlin.de
Bastiaanse R
No affiliation info available
Huber W
No affiliation info available
Jacobs AM
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MeSH

Aphasia, WernickeHumansLanguage DisordersMaleMiddle AgedPhoneticsSemanticsSpeechStrokeVerbal Behavior

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

16246736

Citation

Stenneken, Prisca, et al. "Syllable Structure and Sonority in Language Inventory and Aphasic Neologisms." Brain and Language, vol. 95, no. 2, 2005, pp. 280-92.
Stenneken P, Bastiaanse R, Huber W, et al. Syllable structure and sonority in language inventory and aphasic neologisms. Brain Lang. 2005;95(2):280-92.
Stenneken, P., Bastiaanse, R., Huber, W., & Jacobs, A. M. (2005). Syllable structure and sonority in language inventory and aphasic neologisms. Brain and Language, 95(2), 280-92.
Stenneken P, et al. Syllable Structure and Sonority in Language Inventory and Aphasic Neologisms. Brain Lang. 2005;95(2):280-92. PubMed PMID: 16246736.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Syllable structure and sonority in language inventory and aphasic neologisms. AU - Stenneken,Prisca, AU - Bastiaanse,Roelien, AU - Huber,Walter, AU - Jacobs,Arthur M, PY - 2004/05/24/received PY - 2005/01/17/revised PY - 2005/01/27/accepted PY - 2005/10/26/pubmed PY - 2006/1/13/medline PY - 2005/10/26/entrez SP - 280 EP - 92 JF - Brain and language JO - Brain Lang VL - 95 IS - 2 N2 - Phonological theories have raised the notion of a universally preferred syllable type which is defined in terms of its sonority structure (e.g.,). Empirical evidence for this notion has been provided by distributional analyses of natural languages and of language acquisition data, and by aphasic speech error analyses. The present study investigates frequency distributions of syllable types in German, which allows for a rather complex syllable structure, and in neologistic utterances of a German speaking jargon aphasic. The findings suggest that the sonority structure of the patient's neologisms is generally in accordance with the notion of theoretically preferred syllables. Moreover, comparative analyses suggest that the predominance of the preferred syllable type is especially pronounced in the aphasic data. On the basis of these findings, the influence of sonority in impaired phonological lexical processing is discussed. SN - 0093-934X UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/16246736/Syllable_structure_and_sonority_in_language_inventory_and_aphasic_neologisms_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -