Observations on the prosodic characteristics of Finnish-speaking youngsters with Asperger Syndrome
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2010/03/0024/000144Keywords:
Asperger Syndrome, prosody, interaction, conversation analysisAbstract
This paper presents some preliminary results of a postdoctoral research project directed towards the prosodic and nonverbal deficiencies of French- and Finnish-speaking youngsters with Asperger Syndrome. More precisely, the paper is focused on the salient prosodic features that characterise the speech of the Finnish-speaking informants of the project. The term ‘prosody’ is conceived here in a large sense, encompassing also such paralinguistic features as breathiness, creak, nasalization and whisper (Couper-Kuhlen 2000). The data consists of audiovisual recordings of two neuropsychiatric group therapy sessions where two different groups of 11–13-year-old boys discuss with two therapists and with each other. Methodologically, the study is based on Conversation Analysis and, more precisely, on the interactional approach to the study of prosody.
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