Cross-Linguistic Analysis of Speech Markers: Insights from English, Chinese, and Italian Speakers.

ABSTRACT: Cross-linguistic studies with healthy individuals are vital, as they can reveal typologically common and different patterns while providing tailored benchmarks for patient studies. Nevertheless, cross-linguistic differences in narrative speech production, particularly among speakers of languages belonging to distinct language families, have been inadequately investigated. Using a picture description task, we analyze cross-linguistic variations in connected speech production across three linguistically diverse groups of cognitively normal participants-English, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), and Italian speakers. We extracted 28 linguistic features, encompassing phonological, lexico-semantic, morpho-syntactic, and discourse/pragmatic domains. We utilized a semi-automated approach with Com

SUBMITTER: Santi GC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11527062 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature