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Comparison of prosodic characteristics by question type in left- and right-hemisphere-injured stroke patients

좌반구 손상과 우반구 손상 뇌졸중 환자의 의문문 유형에 따른 운율 특성 비교

  • Yu, Youngmi (Speech-Language Pathology, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Seong, Cheoljae (Linguistics, Chungnam National University)
  • 유영미 (충남대학교 언어병리학과) ;
  • 성철재 (충남대학교 언어학과)
  • Received : 2021.07.02
  • Accepted : 2021.08.13
  • Published : 2021.09.30

Abstract

This study examined the characteristics of linguistic prosody in terms of cerebral lateralization in three groups of 9 healthy speakers and 14 speakers with a history of stroke (7 with left hemisphere damage (LHD), 7 with right hemisphere damage (RHD)). Specifically, prosodic characteristics related to speech rate, duration, pitch, and intensity were examined in three types of interrogative sentences (wh-questions, yes-no questions, alternative questions) with auditory perceptual evaluation. As a result, the statistically significant key variables showed flaws in production of the linguistic prosody in the speakers with LHD. The statistically significant variables were more insufficiently produced for wh-questions than for yes-no and alternative questions. This trend was particularly noticeable in variables related to pitch and speech rate. This result suggests that when Korean speakers process linguistic prosody, such as that of lexico-semantic and syntactic information in interrogative sentences, the left hemisphere seems to be superior to the right hemisphere.

의사소통에 중요한 역할을 하는 운율은 기능에 따라 언어적 운율과 정서적 운율로 구분한다. 대뇌 편재화 관점에서 정서적 운율 처리는 우반구가 주로 담당한다는 결과가 일반론적으로 받아들여지지만, 언어적 운율에 대한 연구들은, 연구간의 방법적인 차이로 인해 결과가 상이하게 나타난다. 본 연구는 정상 화자 9명과 뇌졸중 환자 14명(좌반구 손상 7명, 우반구 손상 7명)의 세 집단을 대상으로 대뇌 편재화의 관점에서 언어적 운율 특성을 살펴보기 위해 세 가지 형태 의문문(의문사 의문문, 예-아니오 의문문, 선택 의문문)에서의 발화속도, 지속시간, 음도, 강도와 관련된 운율 특징을 청지각 평가와 함께 살펴보았다. 연구결과, 통계적으로 유의한 주요변수들이 좌반구 손상 환자의 자료에서 결함을 보였으며, 예-아니오 의문문과 선택 의문문보다 의문사 의문문에서 더욱 두드러졌다. 이러한 경향은 특히 음도와 발화속도 관련 변수들에서 두드러졌다. 본 연구의 결과는 한국어 사용자의 의문사 사용에 있어서 어휘-의미론적, 구문론적 정보와 같은 언어학적으로 관련 있는 운율 처리의 경우 우반구보다 좌반구에서 대체로 우세하다는 점을 방증한다.

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이 논문은 2021년도 충남대학교 학술연구비의 지원을 받아 수행되었습니다.

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