Prosodic structure is a grammatical component that serves multiple functions in the
production, comprehension and acquisition of language. Prosodic boundaries are critical for …

Academic Abstract Interpersonal synchrony, the alignment of behavior and/or physiology
during interactions, is a pervasive phenomenon observed in diverse social contexts. Here …

The primary goal of this work is to examine prosodic structure as expressed concurrently
through articulatory and manual gestures. Specifically, we investigated the effects of phrase …

Overlapping talk occurs frequently in multi-party conversations, and is a domain in which
speakers may pursue various communicative goals. The current study focuses on turn …

This study examines the influence of the position of prosodic heads (accented syllables) and
prosodic edges (prosodic word and intonational phrase boundaries) on the timing of head …

One of many skills required to engage properly in a conversation is to know the appropiate
use of the rules of engagement. In order to engage properly in a conversation, a virtual …

Following our work on the relationship between eyebrow movements and the fundamental
frequency of the voice, this article presents the results of a study on this phenomenon, and …

In this article we report on two experiments about the perception of audiovisual cues to
emotional speech. The article addresses two questions:(1) how do visual cues from a …

This paper investigates the use of prosodic, gestural, and syntactic information in the
perception of boundaries in extracts of spontaneous speech in British English. Experiment 1 …

The typical pattern of alternating turns in conversation seems trivial at first sight. But a closer
look quickly reveals the cognitive challenges involved, with much of it resulting from the fast …