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Stuttering and sentence length.

G B Tornick, O Bloodstein

    Journal of Speech and Hearing Research
    |December 1, 1976
    PubMed
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    Sentence length significantly impacts stuttering frequency. Longer sentences increase stuttering on shared words, suggesting motor planning complexity plays a role in speech disfluency.

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    Area of Science:

    • Speech and Language Pathology
    • Neurolinguistics
    • Psycholinguistics

    Background:

    • Stuttering is a complex speech disorder.
    • The influence of linguistic factors on stuttering frequency is an area of ongoing research.
    • Sentence length as a variable in stuttering has not been extensively studied.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the relationship between sentence length and the frequency of stuttering.
    • To determine if longer sentences elicit more stuttering than shorter sentences on identical words.

    Main Methods:

    • Fourteen individuals who stutter participated in the study.
    • Participants read aloud 20 short sentences and 20 long sentences in a randomized order.
    • Long sentences were created by adding phrases to short sentences; stuttering was analyzed on common words.

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    Main Results:

    • A significantly higher frequency of stuttering was observed on words when they were part of longer sentences compared to when they appeared in shorter sentences.
    • The same words elicited more disfluencies in the context of extended sentence structures.

    Conclusions:

    • Sentence length appears to be a contributing factor to stuttering frequency.
    • Findings suggest that anticipated motor complexity or motor planning demands may play a role in the occurrence of stuttering.