Speech Rate and Turn-Transition Pause Duration in Dutch and English Spontaneous Question-Answer Sequences
The duration of inter-speaker pauses is a pragmatically salient aspect of conversation that is affected by linguistic and non-linguistic context. Theories of conversational turn-taking imply that, due to listener entrainment to the flow of syllables, a higher speech rate will be associated with shor...
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MDPI AG
2023-04-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/8/2/115 |