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Thies, Tabea ORCID: 0000-0001-9149-3143, Hermes, Anne ORCID: 0000-0003-1111-0005 and Mücke, Doris ORCID: 0000-0002-6217-3121 (2022). Compensation in Time and Space: Prominence Marking in Aging and Disease. Languages-Basel, 7 (1). BASEL: MDPI. ISSN 2226-471X

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Abstract

This study aims to explore the effects of healthy aging and Parkinson's disease on speech motor performance. One area of speech production which requires fine speech motor control is prominence marking. Therefore, strategies of prominence marking of three speaker groups with four speakers each were investigated: younger speakers, older speakers, and speakers with Parkinson's disease (PD). Acoustic and articulatory data were collected. Speech data were analyzed focusing on prominence-related adjustments of vowel production and tongue body movements in the temporal and spatial domain. Longer durations, varying initiation of the tongue movements and smaller vowel sizes in older speakers and in speakers with PD were found compared to younger speakers. The data indicate further that all speaker groups mark prominence by changing relevant parameters in the vowel articulation; however, strategies seem to differ between the groups: (i) in the temporal domain, articulatory movement durations increase with age and are further prolonged in speakers with PD; (ii) in the spatial domain, the articulation space is resized by the older speakers in a non-symmetrical way, while no systematic vocalic modulations were found for speakers with PD. To conclude, the speech system seems to be affected by age and disease, but speakers develop compensatory strategies to counteract influences in the spatial domain.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Thies, Tabea UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-9149-3143 UNSPECIFIED Hermes, Anne UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-1111-0005 UNSPECIFIED Mücke, Doris doris.muecke@uni-koeln.de orcid.org/0000-0002-6217-3121 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-670710
DOI:	10.3390/languages7010021
Journal or Publication Title:	Languages-Basel
Volume:	7
Number:	1
Date:	2022
Publisher:	MDPI
Place of Publication:	BASEL
ISSN:	2226-471X
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 1: Kunstgeschichte, Musikwissenschaft, Medienkultur und Theater, Linguistik, IDH > Institut für Linguistik > Phonetik
Subjects:	Language, Linguistics
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language PARKINSONS-DISEASE; SPEECH; ARTICULATION; COMMUNICATION; UTTERANCES; STRESS; ACCENT; IMPACT Multiple languages Linguistics; Language & Linguistics Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/67071