Entrainment as a basis for co-ordinated actions in speech

TY - CONF

T1 - Entrainment as a basis for co-ordinated actions in speech

AU - Ogden, Richard

AU - Hawkins, Sarah

PY - 2015/8/10

Y1 - 2015/8/10

N2 - This paper asks how rhythmicity is used to manage speaker transition in spontaneous talk and how temporal alignment helps to achieve interactional alignment. 56 Question + Answer (Q+A) pairs were analysed. 44 (79%) Qs ended rhythmically: in their last few accented syllables, f0 prominences were quasi-periodic. Of the As to these rhythmic Qs, 32 (73%) began with the same periodicity as the Q. As with non-rhythmic entry into ‘turn space’ set up by a rhythmic Q were sequentially and interactionally complex. Rhythmic A entries included accented syllables, in-breaths, clicks and nods, suggesting ‘embodied’ rather than solely ‘linguistic’ temporal entrainment. Interactional alignment thus seems to exploit temporal entrainment in the vicinity of turn boundaries, like that established for musicians.

AB - This paper asks how rhythmicity is used to manage speaker transition in spontaneous talk and how temporal alignment helps to achieve interactional alignment. 56 Question + Answer (Q+A) pairs were analysed. 44 (79%) Qs ended rhythmically: in their last few accented syllables, f0 prominences were quasi-periodic. Of the As to these rhythmic Qs, 32 (73%) began with the same periodicity as the Q. As with non-rhythmic entry into ‘turn space’ set up by a rhythmic Q were sequentially and interactionally complex. Rhythmic A entries included accented syllables, in-breaths, clicks and nods, suggesting ‘embodied’ rather than solely ‘linguistic’ temporal entrainment. Interactional alignment thus seems to exploit temporal entrainment in the vicinity of turn boundaries, like that established for musicians.

KW - entrainment

KW - rhythm

KW - question

KW - conversation

KW - interaction

KW - phonetics

M3 - Paper

T2 - International Congress of the Phonetic Sciences

Y2 - 10 August 2015 through 14 August 2015

ER -