Autistic prosody acquisition in Denpasar, Bali

Setyarti Setyarti; I Nyoman Suparwa; I Wayan Pastika; Made Sri Satyawati

doi:10.21744/mami.v7n2.81

Authors

Setyarti
tiaraardinar@gmail.com
Udayana University, Denpasar, Indonesia and Bali International Muhammadiyah (BIM University), Indonesia
I Nyoman Suparwa Udayana University, Denpasar, Indonesia
I Wayan Pastika Udayana University, Denpasar, Indonesia
Made Sri Satyawati Udayana University, Denpasar, Indonesia

Keywords:

phonology, prosody, length, pitch, stress, intonation, autistic, therapy

Abstract

Autism in Indonesia is growing fast. Based on the Vice healty minister Republic of Indonesia's statement, Dr. Saksono Harbuwono, it's estimated that about 2-4 million Indonesian children have autism spectrum disorder. This condition influences the way how to interact and communicate with others. Autistic children have difficulty to understand face expression, pitch, length, intonation, and body language. World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that 1: 160 children in the world have autism spectrum disorder. Based on education in the province of Bali, 154 children are studying in a Special School (SLB) in Denpasar, Bali. Based on the data above, the writer has the intention to apply Fonology knowledge to make therapy for autism spectrum disorder. Autism Prosody acquisition in Denpasar, Bali. Prosody is from Greek, Prosṍidia, meaning a song that is sung by music instrument (ṍidѐ = song, ode pros = by/with). First of all, it is used to show features that are not transcribed in the utterance, such as pitch, length, stress, and intonation (Couper-Kuhlen, 1993). Phonetics is the study of sounds. Phonetics is divided into three parts, articulation phonetic that study about sounds that is related to the listener, and acoustic phonetics.

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