Abdalla Fauzia, Robb Michael P, Al-Shatti Tareq
Department of Communication Science, College for Women, Kuwait University, Kuwait.
Clin Linguist Phon. 2010 Jan;24(1):70-81. doi: 10.3109/02699200903420316.
The purpose of this study was to test whether the content and function word dichotomy of speech disfluency found in English-speaking adults who stutter (AWS) was evident in a language other than English. A group of adult Arabic-speaking AWS were sampled across spontaneous speaking, oral reading, and single-word naming tasks. Moments of disfluency were identified and examined in regard to lexical category. Results indicated no significant differences in the amount of disfluency occurring on content and function words. The production of combined content-function words, a unique feature of the Arabic language, was associated with a high level of disfluency. The linguistic bases of stuttering are discussed in regard to language-specific influences.
本研究的目的是检验在口吃的英语成年人（AWS）中发现的言语不流畅的实词和虚词二分法在英语以外的其他语言中是否明显。一组说阿拉伯语的成年AWS在自发口语、口头阅读和单词命名任务中进行了抽样。识别出不流畅的时刻，并根据词汇类别进行检查。结果表明，实词和虚词上出现的不流畅量没有显著差异。阿拉伯语的一个独特特征——实词与虚词组合的词的产生，与高水平的不流畅有关。关于特定语言的影响，对口吃的语言基础进行了讨论。
