Phonological priming effects in stutterers

Sequence skill learning in persons who stutter: Implications for cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical dysfunction

“…Rather, there is evidence to suggest that PWS have delayed retrieval of syntactic and/or phonological sequence units for production which is partially overcome when primes are presented (Anderson & Conture, 2004;Wijnen & Boers, 1994).…”

Speeded verbal responding in adults who stutter: Are there deficits in linguistic encoding?

“…This suggests rate of phonological encoding is not the determining factor (Bosshardt & Fransen, 1996;Perkins et al, 1991;Postma & Kolk, 1993). A few studies have been successful in showing differences in phonological encoding in PWS (e.g., Wijnen & Boers, 1994; see, also, arguments by Postma & Kolk, 1993). The present study, however, used an implicit measure of the efficiency of phonological encoding and adds to a growing body of research that reports null findings.…”

Sentence-Structure Priming in Young Children Who Do and Do Not Stutter

“…Based on much of the evidence reported above, some have begun to speculate that stuttering may be related to difficulties with phonological, lexical, and/or syntactic processing (e.g., AuYeung & Howell, 1998;Kolk & Postma, 1997;Ratner, 1997;Wijnen & Boers, 1994). One essential ingredient of psycholinguistic models of stuttering, such as the covert repair hypothesis (Kolk & Postma, 1997;Postma & Kolk, 1993), is the notion that disturbances in time contribute to stuttering, thereby implicating the "rate of initiation and/or production of speech as either an important originating or aggravating variable" (Conture, 2001, p. 37).…”

“…Despite growing interest in the relationship between linguistic formulation processes and stuttering, to date, more attention seems to have been paid to the phonological, lexical/semantic, and syntactic processing abilities of adults who stutter rather than CWS (Bosshardt, 1993(Bosshardt, , 1994Bosshardt, Ballmer, & de Nil, 2002;Bosshardt & Fransen, 1996;Burger & Wijnen, 1999;Cuadrado & Weber-Fox, 2003;Hartsuiker, Kolk, & Lickley, in press;Prins, Main, & Wampler, 1997;Wijnen & Boers, 1994). Findings from these studies generally suggest that the processing of semantic, syntactic, and/or phonological information may be slower and/or less efficient in adults who stutter when compared with their normally fluent peers.…”