Effects of inter-sentential and intra-sentential pauses on the production of connected speech

本研究的目的是澄清连接语中停顿插入的本质。具体而言，它试图检查插入的间歇停顿的持续时间的间歇停顿的效果。由大约5-6个句子组成的短段落在两种情况下阅读：（1）在每个组成句子中有一个中间停顿，（2）没有中间停顿。研究结果表明，在一个段落的生产过程中插入的中间停顿确实有影响的持续时间的中间停顿在该段落。实验结果还表明，延长或缩短间歇停顿的实际效果存在个体差异。

The aim of this study is to clarify the nature of pause insertion in connected speech. Specifically, it attempts to examine the effect of intra-sentential pause insertion on the duration of inter-sentential pauses. Short paragraphs consisting of about 5-6 sentences were read under two conditions: (1) with an intra-sentential pause in each of the constituent sentences, and (2) without an intra-sentential pause. Results indicated that the insertion of intra-sentential pauses in the production of a paragraph does have an effect on the duration of inter-sentential pauses within that paragraph. Results also showed that there was individual variation in the actual effect (lengthening or shortening) on the duration of inter-sentential pauses.