Ellen C G Grant
Biographic Data
| ID | 9092880 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ellen C G Grant |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ellen C G |
| FAMILY NAME | Grant |
| SIGNATURE | GRANT E C G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kingston University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Head Movement Correlates of Juncture and Stress at Sentence Level
Body movement during speech has been recognized as closely relating to suprasegmental features, but little evidence has been offered to support this thesis, probably for lack of adequate techniques. The present study investigated this issue by continuously recording, with a polarized-light goniometer, movement of the head in four subjects engaged in conversation. Rapid movements were found to indicate stress, while juncture involved contrasting o…
The harmful effects of common social habits, especially smoking and using oral contraceptive steroids, on pregnancy
Maternal smoking adversely affects the incidence of spontaneous abortions, placental haemorrhages, low‐birth‐weight infants, congenital abnormalities and the future physical and mental health of children. Paternal smoking increases the risk of facial abnormalities and cot deaths. Oral contraceptive steroid use increases the risk of abortion, chromosomal abnormalities and congenital defects. Both habits can cause vascular disease, immune abnormali…
Head Movement Correlates of Juncture and Stress at Sentence Level
Body movement during speech has been recognized as closely relating to suprasegmental features, but little evidence has been offered to support this thesis, probably for lack of adequate techniques. The present study investigated this issue by continuously recording, with a polarized-light goniometer, movement of the head in four subjects engaged in conversation. Rapid movements were found to indicate stress, while juncture involved contrasting o…
The harmful effects of common social habits, especially smoking and using oral contraceptive steroids, on pregnancy
Maternal smoking adversely affects the incidence of spontaneous abortions, placental haemorrhages, low‐birth‐weight infants, congenital abnormalities and the future physical and mental health of children. Paternal smoking increases the risk of facial abnormalities and cot deaths. Oral contraceptive steroid use increases the risk of abortion, chromosomal abnormalities and congenital defects. Both habits can cause vascular disease, immune abnormali…
Head Movement Correlates of Juncture and Stress at Sentence Level
Body movement during speech has been recognized as closely relating to suprasegmental features, but little evidence has been offered to support this thesis, probably for lack of adequate techniques. The present study investigated this issue by continuously recording, with a polarized-light goniometer, movement of the head in four subjects engaged in conversation. Rapid movements were found to indicate stress, while juncture involved contrasting o…
Abortion (1 work) · Acoustics (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · Child and Adolescent Health (1 work) · Cognitive psychology (1 work) · Communication (1 work) · Communication (1 work) · Congenital malformations (1 work) · Conversation (1 work) · Disease (1 work)