Mapping prosody and meaning by Cantonese-speaking children with and without autism spectrum disorder

Fang Zhou; Si Chen; Angel Chan; Eunjin Chun; Bei Li; Tempo Tang; Phoebe  Choi

doi:10.21437/TAI.2021-38

Mapping prosody and meaning by Cantonese-speaking children with and without autism spectrum disorder

Fang Zhou, Si Chen, Angel Chan, Eunjin Chun, Bei Li, Tempo Tang, Phoebe Choi

Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies

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Abstract

Effective usage of prosody enables speakers to stress new and important information while deemphasizing old and less important information. The current study investigates how children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) perceive focus-marking in Cantonese. We presented matched and mismatched conversation pairs regarding broad and narrow focus conditions to participants aged six to ten and test their ability by using a naturalness judgmental task. Compared to the performance of adults, the results showed that children have difficulties in integrating prosodic cues and information structure marking regardless of their IQ, language ability or autistic condition in general.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceeding of 1st International Conference on Tone and Intonation
Pages	186-189
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21437/TAI.2021-38
Publication status	Published - Dec 2021
Event	The 1st International Conference on Tone and Intonation - Duration: 6 Dec 2021 → 9 Dec 2021

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Conference	The 1st International Conference on Tone and Intonation
Period	6/12/21 → 9/12/21

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speech prosody
speech perception
information structure
autism spectrum disorder

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Proceeding of 1st International Conference on Tone and Intonation. 2021. p. 186-189.

Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Conference article published in proceeding or book › Academic research › peer-review

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