Table III. Percentages of intonation patterns with positive slopes in spontaneous oral discourses by aphasia and unimpaired speakers.
sentence length | ≤ 8 | 9-12 | ≥ 13 | overall | |
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Aphasia | no. of +ve slope | 52 | 35 | 21 | 108 |
total number | 179 | 128 | 112 | 419 | |
% of +ve slope | 29.05% | 27.34% | 18.75% | 25.78% | |
Control | no. of +ve slope | 14 | 26 | 29 | 69 |
total number | 107 | 232 | 314 | 653 | |
% of +ve slope | 13.08% | 11.21% | 9.24% | 10.57% |