Corpus analyses have shown that turn-taking in conversation is much faster than laboratory
studies of speech planning would predict. To explain fast turn-taking, Levinson and Torreira …

This paper describes a new algorithm for automatically detecting creak in speech signals.
Detection is made by utilising two new acoustic parameters which are designed to …

Listening to one another is essential to human-human interaction. In fact, we humans spend
a substantial part of our day listening to other people, in private as well as in work settings …

Schizophrenia is characterised by a variety of symptoms, many of which are expressed
verbally. However, privacy concerns limit the possibility of collecting and sharing large …

Backchannels (BCs; listener signals such as 'mmhm'or 'okay') are a ubiquitous and essential
feature of spoken interaction. They are used by listeners predominantly to support the …

This paper presents the design of one of Sweden's largest digital humanities projects,
SweTerror, that through an interdisciplinary multi-modal methodological approach develops …

This work revisits the problem of breathing cues used for management of speaking turns in
multiparty casual conversation. We propose a new categorization of turn-taking events …

This study investigates how discourse segmentation and turn-taking interact. Mapping
syntactic, prosodic and pragmatic units, five types of conversational discourse units (CDU) …

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 …

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 …