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Dynamic changes of pausing in triadic conversations

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: Pausing in conversation has several roles from speech planning to managing turn-takings (TTs).However, less is known about the dynamic changes of pauses over time or with regard to the turn-taking system.The frequency and the duration of silent and filled pauses (SPs and FPs) as well as shared silences was analyzed in 20 triadic Hungarian conversations using dynamic frames (altogether more than 7700 items).Data showed that the frequency of silent and FPs decreased over time across conversations.As opposite, shared silences were found to be the most frequent in the last sections of conversations.However, the duration of the pauses did not change over time across conversation-it may be influenced by other factors.We found that the SPs containing audible breathing were longer than other SPs.The SPs were less frequent before turn-takings than in other positions.However, their duration was not affected by the turntaking system.

Source: Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

Authors: Gyarmathy, Dorottya, Krepsz, Valéria, Huszár, Anna, Horváth, Viktória

Institution: ELTE Research Centre for Linguistics

Language: English

Topic: Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Research, Development and Innovation Office

Award: G3124454387

OpenAlex ID: W3202393778