Segmental speech error data elicited at prosodically-defined locations in tongue twisters.
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SUBMITTER: Beirne MB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6116338 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
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Segmental speech error data elicited at prosodically-defined locations in tongue twisters.
Beirne Mary-Beth MB Croot Karen K
Data in brief 20180801
Tongue twister error data described here were collected from 44 unimpaired speakers producing six repetitions each of 40 tongue-twisters that manipulated the position of error-prone segments within two prosodic domains: intonational phrases and utterances. Data are counts of perseveration and anticipation errors on the initial segments of phrase-initial words or phrase-final words. The location of the phrase-level prominence and other factors associated with speech errors were carefully controll ...[more]
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