Abstract In diesem Open-Access-Buch wird untersucht, welche akustischen Eigenschaften
Füllpartikeln wie äh und ähm in spontansprachlichen Dialogen des Deutschen zeigen und …

Using spontaneous conversational speech for TTS raises questions on how disfluencies
such as filled pauses (FPs) should be approached. Detailed annotation of FPs in training …

In this paper, we test whether the perception of filled-pause (FP) frequency and public-
speaking performance are mediated by the phonetic characteristics of FPs. In particular, total …

We examined the use of filled pauses in conversations between homogeneous pairs of
autistic and non-autistic adults. A corpus of semi-spontaneous speech was used to analyse …

The term democratization has been used in recent linguistic research to describe how
specific linguistic changes can be linked to changes in sociocultural norms. This broad …

Charisma is a complex phenomenon. This fact manifests itself not least in an abundance of
myths, half-truths, and unanswered research questions. Most charisma myths have not been …

This thesis provides an in-depth, multi-dimensional analysis of the conversational behaviour
of German-speaking adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in terms of intonation …

There is mounting evidence that the filled pauses that pervade spontaneous speech
constitute a rich site of linguistic inquiry. The present study uses a comparative variationist …

This book provides an in-depth, multi-dimensional analysis of conversations between
autistic adults. The investigation is focussed on intonation style, turn-taking and the use of …

Speech rate and pause are aspects of prosody with great potential for sociophonetic
research. They are features that have been examined in diverse ways over the years, often …