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From: Anelise J. Bohnen
Date: 17 Oct 2012
Time: 18:28:52 -0500
Remote Name: 187.107.57.39
Thank you, Perri. I have found the same as you did. My understanding is that once you reach a reasonably good fluency in second or third languages, you will stutter almost in the same way you do in your first one. My client was learning English at the time of the investigation. During those times, when speaking still needs conscious decisions about the linguistic structures, vocabulary, accent and so on, rate is almost automatically reduced. For some PWS, stuttering decreases as a result. When the second language is, say, more automatic, stuttering appears again. If we agree that stuttering is disorder in the language area of the brain, it makes sense… I am slowly working on a larger sample. I am very enthusiastic with what I find in my client's vocal tracts. Best regards!