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Multilingual Aspects of Fluency Disorders. Communication Disorders across Languages
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Howell, Peter; Van Borsel, John – Multilingual Matters, 2011
This book contains contributions by scholars working on diverse aspects of speech who bring their findings to bear on the practical issue of how to treat stuttering in different language groups and in multilingual speakers. The book considers classic issues in speech production research, as well as whether regions of the brain that are affected in…
Descriptors: Speech, Stuttering, Multilingualism, Communication Disorders
Judging Stuttering in an Unfamiliar Language: The Importance of Closeness to the Native Language
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Van Borsel, John; Leahy, Margaret M.; Pereira, Monica Britto – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2008
In order to test the hypothesis that closeness to the listener's native language is a determining factor when identifying stuttering in an unfamiliar language, three panels of different linguistic background were asked to make judgements of stuttering in a sample of Dutch speakers. It was found that a panel speaking Dutch and a panel speaking…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Stuttering, English, Indo European Languages
Speech Disruption under Delayed Auditory Feedback in Multilingual Speakers
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Van Borsel, John; Sunaert, Reinilde; Engelen, Sophie – Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2005
The present study investigated the language familiarity hypothesis formulated by Mackay [(1970). How does language familiarity influence stuttering under delayed auditory feedback? "Perceptual and Motor Skills", 30, 655-669] that bilinguals speak faster and stutter less under delayed auditory feedback (DAF) when speaking their more…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Stuttering, Educational Objectives, Familiarity