Jayaram M
J Speech Hear Res. 1984 Sep;27(3):338-41. doi: 10.1044/jshr.2703.338.
The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of sentence length and clause position on stuttering in the complex sentences of two languages--English and Kannada. Ten monolingual adult stutterers read 20 sets of sentences while 10 bilingual adult stutterers read 40 sets of sentences (20 sets in each of the two languages). Each set consisted of a short sentence and two long sentences. Results indicated that (a) a clause placed at the beginning of a sentence was stuttered more often than the same clause placed at the end of the sentence and more than the same clause as an isolated sentence; (b) a clause placed at the beginning of a sentence was stuttered more often than the same clause placed at the end of a sentence, irrespective of sentence length; and (c) stuttering occurred more often on the first clause of a sentence than on the second in proportion to the difference in word length between the two clauses. These results suggest that the occurrence of stuttering might be related to the demands that speech makes on motor planning, particularly at the beginning of sentences, and might have significance for the speech breakdown views on stuttering.
本研究的目的是分析句子长度和从句位置对英语和卡纳达语这两种语言复杂句子中口吃的影响。10名单语成年口吃者阅读20组句子，同时10名双语成年口吃者阅读40组句子（每种语言各20组）。每组由一个短句和两个长句组成。结果表明：（a）置于句首的从句比置于句末的同一从句以及作为独立句子的同一从句更容易出现口吃；（b）无论句子长度如何，置于句首的从句比置于句末的同一从句更容易出现口吃；（c）与两个从句之间的词长差异成比例地，句子的第一个从句比第二个从句更容易出现口吃。这些结果表明，口吃的发生可能与言语对运动计划的要求有关，特别是在句子开头，并且可能对口吃的言语中断观点具有重要意义。
