Laryngeal adjustment during pause production

本研究通过使用鼻喉纤维镜检查了在产生句子内停顿时喉部手势的性质。两种不同长度的停顿，即“正常长度”和“短”，进行了比较。产生“短”停顿的特征是声门紧闭伴声门上喉收缩。“正常长度”停顿的产生呈现出说话人之间以及说话人内部在喉部姿势上的变化。一名说话者使用打开的声门产生正常长度的停顿，而另一名说话者同时使用打开的声门和关闭的声门并使用声门上收缩来实现正常长度的停顿。

The present study examines the nature of laryngeal gesture during the production of intra-sentential pauses by use of a rhino-laryngofiberscope. Pauses of two contrasting lengths, i.e., 'normal-length' and 'short', were compared. The production of 'short' pauses was characterized by a closed glottis with supraglottal laryngeal constriction. The production of 'normal-length' pauses presented inter-speaker as well as intra-speaker variations in the laryngeal gestures employed. One speaker produced normal-length pauses with an open glottis, while the other speaker employed both the open glottis and the closed glottis with supraglottal constriction in the realization of normal-length pauses.