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An Experimental Investigation of the Function of Filled Pauses in Speech

Author(s) -

Mansur G. Lallgee,

Mark Cook

Publication year - 1969

Publication title -

language and speech

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.713

H-Index - 52

eISSN - 1756-6053

pISSN - 0023-8309

DOI - 10.1177/002383096901200102

Subject(s) - psychology , subject (documents) , control (management) , anxiety , linguistics , audiology , cognitive psychology , computer science , philosophy , medicine , artificial intelligence , psychiatry , library science

Filled pauses have been described as a product of anxiety, and have also been explained as attempts by the speaker to maintain control of the ' floor'. The latter hypothesis is tested directly, by altering the pressure on the subject to continue speaking. Possible confounding effects of anxiety are controlled for. Filled pauses do not increase, as pressure to continue speaking increases. It is suggested that the ' control' hypothesis may apply only to monologues ; evidence concerning the relative frequency of filled pauses in monologues and dialogues is presented.

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