Investigating Prosodic Ability in Williams Syndrome

Autor/inn/en	Catterall, Catherine; Howard, Sara; Stojanovik, Vesna; Szczerbinski, Marcin; Wells, Bill
Titel	Investigating Prosodic Ability in Williams Syndrome
Quelle	In: Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 20 (2006) 7-8, S.531-538 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0269-9206
Schlagwörter	Males; Adolescents; Mental Retardation; Suprasegmentals; Speech Impairments; Congenital Impairments; Control Groups + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Geistige Behinderung; Speech impairment; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Language handicps; Language impairments; Sprachbehinderung
Abstract	This paper investigates whether people with Williams syndrome (WS) have prosodic impairments affecting their expression and comprehension of four main uses of intonation. Two adolescent males with WS were assessed using the PEPS-C battery, which considers prosodic abilities within a psycholinguistic framework, assessing prosodic form and function in both the input and output domains. The performances of the subjects with WS were compared with control data for age and language-comprehension matched children. The results revealed significant prosodic impairment affecting all areas of the profile. Crucially, however, different profiles of strengths and weaknesses were revealed for the two subjects. The results support the growing view that WS is a heterogeneous population in terms of linguistic abilities. (Contains 4 tables.) (Author).
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