Script to be read | Type of emphasis | |
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1. | Honey PLEASE ! | Accentuate PLEASE ! |
2. | Are you hungry? | Rise in pitch |
3. | You know.......there was a time when I could recite all the streets in my neighborhood | Pause after “You know” |
4. | Holy COW ! | With surprise |
5. | YUP, yup, yup, yup, yup... | As if you were distressed with decenting intonation and stress |
6. | La de da da... | With melody |
7. | O Canada, our home and native land... | With proper tempo, as if you were singing |
8. | SHIT ! | As if you were frustrated and upset |
9. | Thank you | As if you sincerely meant it |
10. | May I go to the bathroom, I really need to go quite badly... | As if you really meant it, accentuating the word “REALLY” |
Directions: Read the above word[s] and sentences as if you really mean them. Pretend you are auditioning for a play and you are required to read the lines with the type of emphasis noted beside each line.
↵1-150 These items were selected based on observation of the patients spontaneous speech. Therefore, they are qualitatively constructed and should not be used as a general measure of prosodic apraxia with all patients.