Disfluency clusters in typical and atypical finnish adult speech. A pilot study.
This study first aimed to investigate disfluency clusters in typical and atypical Finnish adult speakers. Secondly, it aimed to observe possible fluency strategies in speakers representing different fluency levels. In addition to individual disfluency types, we examined different characteristics of...
| Published in: | Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 1 - 17 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2022
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