Ponavljanja kao oblik govorne disfluentnosti

Abstract

Repetitions as a form of speech disfluency The paper analyses repetitions considered as a form of speech disfluency. A recorded speech sample, in the Croatian language, lasting for approximately eight hours has been transcribed. 101 students of technical studies at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture in Split took part in the recordings. Various quantities describing the frequency and duration of repetitions in syllables and words have been measured, and corresponding frequency diagrams have been presented. The absolute majority of all repetitions is of very short duration, comprising up to one completed syllable. In most cases repetitions are not followed by any kind of disfluency. While repeating, the speakers usually respect the integrity of syllables or words, except when repeating one incomplete (interrupted) syllable or word. The tendency of repeating shorter speech fragments, which are not preceded by any kind of disfluency, points primarily to problems arising at lower processing levels. The results of this study confirm the view that repetitions are systematically organized phenomena and they are not a chaotic aspect of spoken discourse.