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Oxley, Judith; Roussel, Nancye; Buckingham, Hugh – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2007
This paper presents a four-subject study that examines the relative influence of syllable position and stress, together with vowel context on the colouring of the dark-l characteristic of speakers of General American English. Most investigators report lighter /l/ tokens in syllable onsets and darker tokens in coda positions. The present study…
Descriptors: North American English, Syllables, Language Patterns, Articulation (Speech)
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Singh, Sameer; Bookless, Tom – International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1997
Compares language patterns in two moderately aphasic adults over age 60 with left hemisphere damage, using measures of lexical richness (word frequency). Argues for the usefulness of evaluating patients on conversational speech and the role of extensive linguistic analysis in prognosis and therapy. The discussion considers both qualitative and…
Descriptors: Adults, Aphasia, Applied Linguistics, Brain Hemisphere Functions