Effects of syntactic complexity and sentence -structure priming on sentence production in adults who stutter.
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Title
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Effects of syntactic complexity and sentence -structure priming on sentence production in adults who stutter.
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Identifier
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AAI3231964
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identifier
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3231964
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Creator
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Tsiamtsiouris, Jim.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Helen Smith Cairns
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Date
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2006
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Health Sciences, Speech Pathology
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between grammatical encoding and sentence production in the speech of adults who stutter. This was accomplished by two experiments. In the first experiment, prepared utterances that varied in syntactic complexity were examined for differences in speech initiation time and disfluency. The second experiment analyzed the facilitative effects of sentence-structure priming on sentence production in typical speakers and adults who stutter. Data from these experiments provided evidence that grammatical encoding in adults who stutter differs significantly from those of typical speakers. Relative to typical adults, the speech initiation time of adults who stutter became increasingly slower as syntactic complexity increased, and they exhibited greater facilitative effects of sentence-structure priming. In addition, adults who stutter showed a significant correlation between syntactic complexity and priming facilitation. Finally, data appear to support the notion that subgroups exist within the clinical population of adults who stutter.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
