The Impact of Anterior Dental Extraction and Restoration on the Articulation of Affricates by Dinka Refugees in Nebraska  

Oleh:

Edmondson, Jerold A. ; Silva, David J. ; Willis, Mary S.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Anthropological Linguistics (ada di JSTOR) vol. 50 no. 3-4 (2008), page 365-387.
Fulltext: 20639009.pdf (2.69MB)

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As part of a multidisciplinary investigation of Dinka refugees in Nebraska, this article reports on the linguistic effects of having extracted lower anterior teeth replaced with fixed dental restorations utilizing titanium implants. The research focuses on the pre- and post-implantation production of the Dinka palatal obstruents, segments for which the lower front teeth play a critical passive role in articulation. The results suggest that the replacement of the lower front teeth produces mixed results, at least in the short term, with some speakers manifesting improvement in their production of affricates and others presenting no appreciable change.

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