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Respiratory Constraints in Verbal and Non-verbal Communication
In the present paper we address the old question of respiratory planning in speech production. We recast the problem in terms of speakers' communicative goals and propose that speakers try to minimize respiratory effort in line with the H&H theory. We analyze respiratory cycles coinciding w...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5434352/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28567023 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00708 |
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author | Włodarczak, Marcin Heldner, Mattias |
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description | In the present paper we address the old question of respiratory planning in speech production. We recast the problem in terms of speakers' communicative goals and propose that speakers try to minimize respiratory effort in line with the H&H theory. We analyze respiratory cycles coinciding with no speech (i.e., silence), short verbal feedback expressions (SFE's) as well as longer vocalizations in terms of parameters of the respiratory cycle and find little evidence for respiratory planning in feedback production. We also investigate timing of speech and SFEs in the exhalation and contrast it with nods. We find that while speech is strongly tied to the exhalation onset, SFEs are distributed much more uniformly throughout the exhalation and are often produced on residual air. Given that nods, which do not have any respiratory constraints, tend to be more frequent toward the end of an exhalation, we propose a mechanism whereby respiratory patterns are determined by the trade-off between speakers' communicative goals and respiratory constraints. |
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spelling | pubmed-54343522017-05-31 Respiratory Constraints in Verbal and Non-verbal Communication Włodarczak, Marcin Heldner, Mattias Front Psychol Psychology In the present paper we address the old question of respiratory planning in speech production. We recast the problem in terms of speakers' communicative goals and propose that speakers try to minimize respiratory effort in line with the H&H theory. We analyze respiratory cycles coinciding with no speech (i.e., silence), short verbal feedback expressions (SFE's) as well as longer vocalizations in terms of parameters of the respiratory cycle and find little evidence for respiratory planning in feedback production. We also investigate timing of speech and SFEs in the exhalation and contrast it with nods. We find that while speech is strongly tied to the exhalation onset, SFEs are distributed much more uniformly throughout the exhalation and are often produced on residual air. Given that nods, which do not have any respiratory constraints, tend to be more frequent toward the end of an exhalation, we propose a mechanism whereby respiratory patterns are determined by the trade-off between speakers' communicative goals and respiratory constraints. Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-05-17 /pmc/articles/PMC5434352/ /pubmed/28567023 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00708 Text en Copyright © 2017 Włodarczak and Heldner. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Włodarczak, Marcin Heldner, Mattias Respiratory Constraints in Verbal and Non-verbal Communication |
title | Respiratory Constraints in Verbal and Non-verbal Communication |
title_full | Respiratory Constraints in Verbal and Non-verbal Communication |
title_fullStr | Respiratory Constraints in Verbal and Non-verbal Communication |
title_full_unstemmed | Respiratory Constraints in Verbal and Non-verbal Communication |
title_short | Respiratory Constraints in Verbal and Non-verbal Communication |
title_sort | respiratory constraints in verbal and non-verbal communication |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5434352/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28567023 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00708 |
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