sakkadierter Sprachduktus
English translation: short, abrupt sentences and a clipped way of speaking
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|  Selected response from: Ellen Kraus Austria Local time: 15:26 | ||||||
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| 3 +1 | short, abrupt sentences and a clipped way of speaking |
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| 3 | jerky speech pattern |
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| 2 | saccaded speech pattern |
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| sakkadiertem Sprachduktus jerky speech pattern Explanation: 'saccadic' seems to be used only for eye movements in English. The corresponding term in referring to speech seems to be 'jerky', athough it doesn't have the formal tone one would hope for - the only alternatives I can find are 'dysrhythmia' or 'dysarthria' which are less specific. "Just as walking may be stilted and jerky and arm movements crude and uncontrolled, the patterns of voice and speech will reflect the same distortions . ..." http://www.uv.es/EBRIT/macro/macro_5005_97_31.html "Jerky eye movements (nystagmus) or jerky speech patterns (dysarthria) may occur in concert with the characteristic body movements. ..." Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Case Conceptualization, and ... - books.google.ch/books?isbn=0471780006... |
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| sakkadiertem Sprachduktus saccaded speech pattern Explanation: http://www.textlog.de/9904.html |
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peer agreement (net): +1short, abrupt sentences and a clipped way of speaking Explanation: speech disorders: abgehackt sprechen (Adjektiv) (Auch: stakkato) (Musik), staccato (Adjektiv), thumb up thumb down ... way of clearing his throat, squinting his eyes, or speaking in staccato) ... causing disorders affecting balance and coordination, in turn resulting .... that he had acquired for himself a strangely clipped way of speaking |
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