Stuttering, stressed syllables, and word onsets

Journal/Book: J Speech Lang Hear Res. 1998; 41: 10801 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-3279. Amer Speech-Language-Hearing Assoc. 802-808.

Abstract: The relationship of syllabic stress, word onsets, and stuttering was examined on selected words within a set of 40 carefully controlled sentences containing bisyllabic words with contrastive stress. Ten stuttering adults displayed significantly more stuttering on the word-initial syllables than on the subsequent (word-Final) syllables, whereas stressed syllables were not stuttered significantly more than unstressed syllables. Participants displayed a greater tendency to stutter on word-onsets than stressed syllables within words. These findings are discussed with respect to potential relationships of stutter events to layers of metrical structure associated with speech production.

Note: Article Hubbard CP, Univ Wisconsin, Dept Commun Sci & Disorders, POB 413, 859 Enderis Hall, Milwaukee,WI 53201 USA

Keyword(s): stuttering; syllable stress; word initiation; locations; speech rhythm

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