| Abstract |
| The durations of hesitation devices such
as the sounds /a, e, ae, r, uh, m/, also called filled pauses, were measured and compared
with the durations of silent hesitations or unfilled pauses. Their individual
consistency and psychological significance were also investigated and the relation to
uncertainty of filled pauses and unfilled pauses respectively was compared. It
appears that under certain conditions of speech production the two hesitation phenomena
reflect different internal processes. |
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