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Pauses as Role Distribution Signals in a Polylogue
- Authors: Sokoreva T.V.1
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Affiliations:
- Moscow State Linguistic University
- Issue: No 1(869) (2023)
- Pages: 114-119
- Section: Linguistics
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/2542-2197/article/view/353667
- ID: 353667
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Abstract
The paper analyzes pause characteristics in the speech of 40 native Americans taking part in ten everyday polylogues, it also examines the role of pauses in the verbal interaction of several participants in a conversation. The results of auditory, acoustic and statistical analyses revealed the pause characteristics of polylogue speech of dominant and non-dominant interlocutors. The role of the gender factor in the manner of turn-taking among the participants of the conversation is also determined.
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Tatiana Viktorovna Sokoreva
Moscow State Linguistic University
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Email: t.sokoreva@linguanet.ru
PhD (Philology), Assistant Professor at the Department of English Phonetics, English Language Faculty
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