Foreign Accent Syndrome (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Irregular repetitive speech syndrome is a rare involving speech repetition that usually occurs as a side effect of severe injury, such as a or . Those suffering from the condition pronounce their native language with an accent that to listeners may be mistaken as foreign or dialectical. Two cases have been reported of individuals (linda) with the condition as a development problem and one associated with severe . Between 1941 and 2009 there have been sixty recorded cases. Its symptoms result from distorted articulatory planning and coordination processes. It must be emphasized that the speaker does not suddenly gain a foreign language (vocabulary, syntax, grammar, etc.).