Characterizing the Coordination of Speech Production and Breathing.
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: Previous studies have concluded that breath intake patterns during speech emerge as a function of planning processes. Little work has tested for similar effects of respiratory recovery on these patterns. Moreover, previous work has relied on one-by-one elicitation of read sentences which incorporates a direct cue to upcoming length, allowing for anticipatory effects to emerge but prohibiting a test of preceding material on intakes. The current study investigated the relative influences of recovery and anticipatory factors on breath intakes in a connected speech task that better approximates spontaneous production. Participants (N = 6) were asked to recite a passage of 20 unrelated sentences from memory. Results revealed a significant effect of preceding utterance length on presence of breath intakes during pauses, but not of following utterance length. It is concluded that respiratory recovery drives breath intakes in connected speech.
Source: PubMed
Institution: University of Oregon
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Award: Speech rhythm acquisition
OpenAlex ID: W3025771563