Using Conversation Analysis to Study Prosodic Problems in a Child with Language Impairment

Autor/in	Samuelsson, Christina
Titel	Using Conversation Analysis to Study Prosodic Problems in a Child with Language Impairment
Quelle	In: Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 25 (2009) 1, S.59-88 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0265-6590
DOI	10.1177/0265659008098661
Schlagwörter	Intonation; Language Impairments; Testing; Language Tests; Swedish; English; Structural Linguistics; Language Rhythm; Allied Health Personnel; Speech Language Pathology; Suprasegmentals; Young Children; Foreign Countries; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Language test; Sprachtest; Schwedisch; English language; Englisch; Sprachrhythmus; Frühe Kindheit; Ausland; Schweden
Abstract	Prosody carries a lot of information relevant for our understanding of spoken messages. In addition, prosody plays an important role in signalling attitudes and emotions. Prosodic features also constitute an important resource that participants use to achieve mutual understanding in interaction. The aim of this study was to point to possible recurring patterns in the prosodic structure of language testing activities. A further aim was to discuss similarities between English and Swedish in these patterns. The main findings indicated a systematic use of prosody in the language testing activity. Questions are mainly posed with rising intonation and answers are produced with rising intonation. Evaluations are produced with a final fall in the intonation. There was also some support for the assumption that this pattern occurs within a similar activity involving an English-speaking child and his SLT. The results of the present study showed that analysis of conversation and prosody in its conversational context is useful in order to reveal possible functions of features that would have been overlooked with a more deficit driven perspective. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10