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HCOM 475
WEEK 1 DEFINITIONS
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Undergraduate 4
09/03/2008

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from the speakers view point
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speech flows easily and smoothy in terms of both sounds and information. there are no disruptions of them stream and the listener can attend to the message
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40% -60%
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normal speech is filled with hesitation, known as pauses. Depending on the speaking content, normal speakers devote ______
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pause
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acousitically is defined as silent 250 msec or a period of time in which no acoustic singal occurs for atleast 200-270 msec.
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functions of pauses
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physiological need (breathing), psycholingusitcal consideration (word choice), sociologingustical purposes (gestuers, transition, emphasis)
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variables that distinguish fluent and disfluent speech
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A. presense of extra sounds B. location and frequency of pauses. C. rhymical patterning in speech D. intonation and stress E. Overall rate
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dimensions of fluency
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A. the continuity of speech B. the rate of speech
C. the rhythm of speech D. the effort in which speech is produced
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fluency
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is an aspect of production that refers to the continuity, smoothness, rate, effort, lexical, morphlogical, and or syntactic language units are spoken.
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continuity
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relates to the degree to which syllables and words are logically sequenced as well as the presence or absence of pauses: it means the smoothness of speech vs. the extent to which the speech may be broken up by disfluencies
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law of least effort
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that speech production requires minimal mental and physical effort.
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