Krivokapic, J. (2007). Prosodic planning: Effects of phrasal length and complexity on pause duration. Journal of Phonetics, 35, 162-179.
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This study investigated how the length of an intonation phrase (IP) and prosodic complexity influenced pause duration. Two experiments were designed accordingly. For Experiment 1, the first variable was tested, in which the phrasal length preceding and following the pause was either long or short. Results showed that both longer pre- and post-boundary phrases yielded longer pauses. This was probably because both the speakers and the listeners need more time to process longer phrases. The effect of prosodic complexity was tested in the second experiment. Specifically, prosodic complexity was defined as whether IP was branched into two intermediate phrases (ip). The pre- and post-boundary effect was examined as well. Results showed that in the post-boundary region, branching phrases have shorter preceding pauses. Prosodically more complex postboundary phrases are chunked into smaller units, so the processing time decreases.
Summary: Sarah
This study investigated how the length of an intonation phrase (IP) and prosodic complexity influenced pause duration. Two experiments were designed accordingly. For Experiment 1, the first variable was tested, in which the phrasal length preceding and following the pause was either long or short. Results showed that both longer pre- and post-boundary phrases yielded longer pauses. This was probably because both the speakers and the listeners need more time to process longer phrases. The effect of prosodic complexity was tested in the second experiment. Specifically, prosodic complexity was defined as whether IP was branched into two intermediate phrases (ip). The pre- and post-boundary effect was examined as well. Results showed that in the post-boundary region, branching phrases have shorter preceding pauses. Prosodically more complex postboundary phrases are chunked into smaller units, so the processing time decreases.
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