Conversational topics in transsexual persons
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- John Van Borsel (UGent) , Miet Cayzeele, Eva Heirman and Guy T'Sjoen (UGent)
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- In general, speech language therapy for transsexual persons focuses on pitch and pitch variation and more recently also on resonance. Other communicative aspects are dealt with far less often, especially language. This study investigated to what extent conversational topics might need attention in therapy for transsexual persons. A total of 111 males, 116 females, 28 male-to-female and 18 female-to-male transsexuals were asked to indicate on a list with 34 topics how often they speak about each topic ( never, sometimes, often) in conversations with males, with females and in a gender mixed group. Results showed that transsexual persons behave in accordance with the desired gender. However, they also tend to adopt a position depending on the gender of their conversational partner. It can be concluded that in general it is not necessary to pay attention to conversational topics in therapy for transsexual persons.
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- gender dysphoria, Conversational topics, transgender, transsexualism, TO-FEMALE TRANSSEXUALS, VOICE, GENDER
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-5775946
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- Van Borsel, John, et al. “Conversational Topics in Transsexual Persons.” CLINICAL LINGUISTICS & PHONETICS, vol. 28, no. 6, 2014, pp. 428–36, doi:10.3109/02699206.2013.875594.
- APA
- Van Borsel, J., Cayzeele, M., Heirman, E., & T’Sjoen, G. (2014). Conversational topics in transsexual persons. CLINICAL LINGUISTICS & PHONETICS, 28(6), 428–436. https://doi.org/10.3109/02699206.2013.875594
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- Van Borsel, John, Miet Cayzeele, Eva Heirman, and Guy T’Sjoen. 2014. “Conversational Topics in Transsexual Persons.” CLINICAL LINGUISTICS & PHONETICS 28 (6): 428–36. https://doi.org/10.3109/02699206.2013.875594.
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- Van Borsel, John, Miet Cayzeele, Eva Heirman, and Guy T’Sjoen. 2014. “Conversational Topics in Transsexual Persons.” CLINICAL LINGUISTICS & PHONETICS 28 (6): 428–436. doi:10.3109/02699206.2013.875594.
- Vancouver
- 1.Van Borsel J, Cayzeele M, Heirman E, T’Sjoen G. Conversational topics in transsexual persons. CLINICAL LINGUISTICS & PHONETICS. 2014;28(6):428–36.
- IEEE
- [1]J. Van Borsel, M. Cayzeele, E. Heirman, and G. T’Sjoen, “Conversational topics in transsexual persons,” CLINICAL LINGUISTICS & PHONETICS, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 428–436, 2014.
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