TY - JOUR
T1 - Disturbances in Prosody
T2 - A Right-Hemisphere Contribution to Language
AU - Weintraub, Sandra
AU - Mesulam, M. Marsel
AU - Kramer, Laura
PY - 1981/12
Y1 - 1981/12
N2 - In addition to grammar and semantics, prosody constitutes a third element of speech. Modulations of prosody can produce alterations in the meaning and affective tone of spoken language. Previous studies have suggested that righthemisphere lesions may selectively disrupt a patient's ability to interpret and express the affective component of prosody. On the other hand, this study shows that the effect of right-hemisphere damage on prosody is more widespread. Thus, when discrimination, repetition, and spontaneous production of nonemotional prosody were tested in nine patients with right-sided brain injuries and ten control subjects without brain damage, the patients were found to be significantly worse than the control subjects in their ability to distinguish and express prosodic features that provide phonemic or emphatic information. These results suggest that right-hemisphere damage may affect prosody in a more general manner than was previously assumed.
AB - In addition to grammar and semantics, prosody constitutes a third element of speech. Modulations of prosody can produce alterations in the meaning and affective tone of spoken language. Previous studies have suggested that righthemisphere lesions may selectively disrupt a patient's ability to interpret and express the affective component of prosody. On the other hand, this study shows that the effect of right-hemisphere damage on prosody is more widespread. Thus, when discrimination, repetition, and spontaneous production of nonemotional prosody were tested in nine patients with right-sided brain injuries and ten control subjects without brain damage, the patients were found to be significantly worse than the control subjects in their ability to distinguish and express prosodic features that provide phonemic or emphatic information. These results suggest that right-hemisphere damage may affect prosody in a more general manner than was previously assumed.
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U2 - 10.1001/archneur.1981.00510120042004
DO - 10.1001/archneur.1981.00510120042004
M3 - Article
C2 - 7316838
AN - SCOPUS:0019844143
VL - 38
SP - 742
EP - 744
JO - Archives of Neurology
JF - Archives of Neurology
SN - 0003-9942
IS - 12
ER -