Prosody in narratives: An exploratory study with children with sex chromosomes trisomies

IF 2.4 3区计算机科学 Q2 ACOUSTICS

Speech Communication Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI:10.1016/j.specom.2024.103107

Paola Zanchi , Alessandra Provera , Gaia Silibello , Paola Francesca Ajmone , Elena Altamore , Faustina Lalatta , Maria Antonella Costantino , Paola Giovanna Vizziello , Laura Zampini

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Abstract

Although language delays are common in children with sex chromosome trisomies [SCT], no studies have analysed their prosodic abilities. Considering the importance of prosody in communication, this exploratory study aims to analyse the prosodic features of the narratives of 4-year-old children with SCT.

Participants included 22 children with SCT and 22 typically developing [TD] children. The Narrative Competence Task was administered to elicit the child's narrative. Each utterance was prosodically analysed considering pitch and timing variables.

Considering pitch, the only difference was the number of movements since the utterances of children with SCT were characterised by a lower speech modulation. However, considering the timing variables, children with SCT produced a faster speech rate and a shorter final syllable duration than TD children.

Since both speech modulation and duration measures have important syntactic and pragmatic functions, further investigations should deeply analyse the prosodic skills of children with SCT in interaction with syntax and pragmatics.

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叙事中的拟声词：对性染色体三体儿童的探索性研究

虽然性染色体三体综合征（SCT）儿童的语言发育迟缓很常见，但还没有研究对他们的拟声能力进行过分析。考虑到拟声词在交流中的重要性，本探索性研究旨在分析 4 岁性染色体三体综合征儿童叙事的拟声词特征。研究采用了 "叙事能力任务 "来诱导儿童叙事。在音调方面，由于 SCT 儿童的语句调式较低，因此唯一的区别在于动作的数量。由于语音调制和持续时间都具有重要的句法和语用功能，进一步的研究应深入分析 SCT 儿童的拟声技能与句法和语用的相互作用。

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Speech Communication 工程技术-计算机：跨学科应用

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6.80

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6.20%

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审稿时长

19.2 weeks

期刊介绍： Speech Communication is an interdisciplinary journal whose primary objective is to fulfil the need for the rapid dissemination and thorough discussion of basic and applied research results. The journal''s primary objectives are: • to present a forum for the advancement of human and human-machine speech communication science; • to stimulate cross-fertilization between different fields of this domain; • to contribute towards the rapid and wide diffusion of scientifically sound contributions in this domain.