Speech in the foreign accent syndrome: differential diagnosis between organic and functional cases [PDF]
Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 2020 . Foreign accent syndrome (FAS) is an extremely rare disorder, with 112 cases described until 2019. We compare two cases of the foreign accent syndrome in native speakers of Brazilian Portuguese in its classic form (FAS) and psychiatric variant (FALS ...
Simone dos Santos Barreto +1 more
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Generating segmental foreign accent [PDF]
Interspeech 2014, 2014 For most of us, speaking in a non-native language involves deviating to some extent from native pronunciation norms. However, the detailed basis for foreign accent (FA) remains elusive, in part due to methodological challenges in isolating segmental from
Barra Chicote, Roberto +4 more
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Where does a 'foreign' accent matter? German, Spanish and Singaporean listeners' reactions to Dutch-accented English, and standard British and American English accents. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2020 How well L2 English is understood and how L2 English speakers perceive one another within varying communication contexts has been studied relatively rarely, even though most speakers of English in the world are L2 speakers.
Nejjari W +3 more
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Understanding foreign accent syndrome [PDF]
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 2019 Objective Foreign accent syndrome (FAS) is widely understood as an unusual consequence of structural neurological damage, but may sometimes represent a functional neurological disorder. This observational study aimed to assess the prevalence and utility of positive features of functional FAS in a large group of individuals reporting FAS.
Laura McWhirter +6 more
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The role of foreign accent and short-term exposure in speech-in-speech recognition. [PDF]
Atten Percept Psychophys, 2019 Daily speech communication often takes place in suboptimal listening conditions, in which interlocutors typically need to segregate the target signal from the background sounds.
Brouwer S.
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Foreign Accent in Pre- and Primary School Heritage Bilinguals
Languages, 2021 Previous research has shown that the two languages of early bilingual children can influence each other, depending on the linguistic property, while adult bilinguals predominantly show influence from the majority language to the minority (heritage ...
Tanja Kupisch +3 more
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Nonlinguistic Factors that Affect the Degree of Foreign Accent in Second Language Mandarin
Studies in Chinese Linguistics, 2019 Previous research findings have established that a number of nonlinguistic factors can influence the strength of perceived foreign accent in second language (L2) speech.
Freeborn Lani, Rogers John
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Foreign Accent Syndrome as a psychogenic disorder: a review [PDF]
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2016 In the majority of cases published between 1907 and 2014, FAS is due to a neurogenic etiology. Only a few reports about FAS with an assumed psychogenic origin have been published. The present article discusses the findings of a careful database search on
Stefanie eKeulen +8 more
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Multidisciplinary Assessment and Diagnosis of Conversion Disorder in a Patient with Foreign Accent Syndrome [PDF]
Behavioural Neurology, 2011 Multiple reports have described patients with disordered articulation and prosody, often following acute aphasia, dysarthria, or apraxia of speech, which results in the perception by listeners of a foreign-like accent.
Harrison N. Jones +4 more
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Eyes Wide Open: Pupillary Response to a Foreign Accent Varying in Intelligibility
Frontiers in Communication, 2019 This study examines listening effort, as indexed by pupil dilation, needed for processing foreign-accented speech that varies in intelligibility. Previous research has shown that the magnitude of pupil dilation is influenced by various factors, crucially
Vincent Porretta, Benjamin V. Tucker
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