Neurogenic foreign accent syndrome: Articulatory setting, segments and prosody in a Dutch speaker

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Intonation in neurogenic foreign accent syndrome

“…However, recent case studies suggest that structural damage to the brain may not necessarily be a prerequisite for a speaker to acquire a foreign accent, and that the observed changes can at least partially be attributed to psychogenic causes. This has been reflected in the new taxonomy suggested by Verhoeven and Mariën (2010). Reported cases of psychogenic origin of FAS include episodes of psychotic schizophrenia (Reeves, Burke & Parker, 2007), bipolar disorder (Poulin, Macoir, Paquet, Fossard & Gagnon, 2007), and conversion disorder (Haley, Roth, Helm-Estabrooks & Thiessen, 2010;Verhoeven, Mariën, Engelborghs, D"Haenen & De Deyn, 2005).…”

“…Katz, Garst & Levitt, 2008;Whitaker, 1982). Commonly reported consonantal errors include changes in manner and place of articulation (Ardila, Rosselli & Ardila, 1988;Verhoeven & Mariën, 2010), voicing/devoicing of plosives and fricatives (Gurd, Bessell, Bladon & Bamford, 1988;Scott, Clegg, Rudge & Burgess, 2006) and hyper-or hypoaspiration of plosives Moen, 2006).…”

“…Blumstein et al, 1987;Coelho & Robb, 2001;Ryalls & Whiteside, 2006); inappropriately large and sharp pitch excursions on prominent syllables (e.g. Avila, González, Parcet & Belloch, 2004;Moonis et al, 1996); exaggerated terminal falls (Ingram et al, 1992;Moen, 2006); reduced pitch range (GraffRadford et al, 1986;Kanjee, Watter, Sévigny & Humphreys, 2010;Verhoeven & Mariën, 2010); and the inappropriate use of intonation to indicate statements (i.e. use of sharp rises where falls would be expected, e.g.…”

Accent attribution in speakers with Foreign Accent Syndrome

“…The speaker from Paris had developed 'a noticeable Alsatian accent which he did not have before' (Marie 1907: 159 ;own translation). Since this statement about 50 cases have appeared in the literature (Dankovicova & Hunt, 2011) which have been classified by Verhoeven & Mariën (2010) into three distinct taxonomical types: neurogenic, psychogenic and mixed. In neurogenic FAS the accent change results from damage to the central nervous system.…”

Effects of regiolects on the perception of developmental foreign accent syndrome

“…Verhoeven and Mariën (2010) distinguished three possible causes of FAS: (1) a variety of neurological etiologies, including developmental disorders (neurogenic (developmental FAS) (2) cases in which a psychogenic cause is suspected (psychogenic FAS); (3) a combined variant with a neurogenic origin in which the change of accent exerts such a significant effect on the psychological status of the patient that he intends to more distinctly appropriate it to develop a more credible personality (mixed FAS). In 2009 two cases of developmental FAS (dFAS) were described in whom the disorder was detected in an early stage of speech-language development.…”