2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Effects of inter-sentential and intra-sentential pauses on the production of connected speech
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18520324
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | Toyama Prefectural University |
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Principal Investigator |
KAKITA Kuniko Toyama Prefectural University, Department of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Professor (10148827)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2007
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| Keywords | Pause / Inter-sentential pause / Intra-sentential pause / Silent interval / Segment duration / Pre-pausal lengthening / Connected speech / Prosody |
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| Research Abstract |
The aim of this study is to clarify the nature of pause insertion in connected speech. Specifically, it attempts to examine the effect of intra-sentential pause insertion on the duration of inter-sentential pauses. Short paragraphs consisting of about 5-6 sentences were read under two conditions: (1) with an intra-sentential pause in each of the constituent sentences, and (2) without an intra-sentential pause. Results indicated that the insertion of intra-sentential pauses in the production of a paragraph does have an effect on the duration of inter-sentential pauses within that paragraph. Results also showed that there was individual variation in the actual effect (lengthening or shortening) on the duration of inter-sentential pauses.
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