ARTICLEINPRESSJournalofNeurolinguistics19(2006)410–423www.elsevier.com/locate/jneurolingAnalysisofacaseoftheforeignaccentsyndromeintermsoftheframeworkofgesturalphonologyIngerMoenÃDepartmentofLinguisticsandScandinavianstudies,UniversityofOslo,P.O.Box1102,Blindern,0317Oslo,NorwayReceived20September2005;accepted14March2006AbstractBraindamagewhichresultsinaphasiaorapraxiaofspeechfrequentlycausesdeviantarticulation;andinalimitednumberofcasesthepatients’speechtakesoncharacteristicsnormallyassociatedwithadialectthatisnottheirown,oritresemblestheperformanceofanon-nativespeakerofthelanguage.Thisconditionisreferredtoastheforeignaccentsyndrome(FAS).FAShasbeenclassifiedasanapraxiccondition,amotorspeechdisorderinwhichthecapacitytoprogramthepositioningofspeechmusculatureandthesequencingofmusclemovementsforthevolitionalproductionofspeech,hasbeendisturbed.ThepresentstudyisananalysisofthespeechofaNorwegianFASpatientwhoafterhavingsufferedastroke,developedwhatsoundedlikeanEnglishaccentwhenspeakingNorwegian.Herspeechexhibiteddeviantfeaturesbothonthesegmentalandontheprosodiclevel:deviantvowelandconsonantarticulations,deviantrhythmicalpatternsanddeviantpitchpatterns.Thiscomplexpatternofdeviantfeaturescanbeaccountedforintermsofdysfunctionofspecificcomponentsinagesturalphonologicalmodel.Thedeviationscanallbeseenastheresultofabnormalscalingorabnormalphasingofgestures.r2006ElsevierLtd.Allrightsreserved.Keywords:ForeignAccentSyndrome;Apraxiaofspeech;Motorspeechdisorder;Gesturalphonology1.IntroductionBraindamagewhichresultsinaphasiaorapraxiaofspeech(AOS)frequentlycausesdeviantarticulation;andinalimitednumberofcasesthepatients’speechtakesonÃFax:+4722857100.E-mailaddresses:inger.moen@iln.uio.no,inger.moen@ilf.uio.no.0911-6044/$-seefrontmatterr2006ElsevierLtd.Allrightsreserved.doi:10.1016/j.jneuroling.2006.03.001ARTICLEINPRESSI.Moen/JournalofNeurolinguistics19(2006)410–423411characteristicsnormallyassociatedwithadialectthatisnottheirown,oritresembl