LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 15:6 June 2015
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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Pause Duration in Typically Developing
Malayalam Speaking Children

Anuja Sara Abraham, Final Year Post-Graduate Student
Satish Kumaraswami, Principal
Janet George, Final Year Post-Graduate Student
Arya, G. S., Final Year Post-Graduate Student

Abstract

In communication, the encoded speech should be fluent. Fluency refers to the continuous and smooth flow of speech production (Starkweather and Ackerman, 1997). The present study included 15 subjects, aimed the difference in filled and unfilled pause duration in typically developing Malayalam speaking children across the age group of 6-8years in tasks including conversation and picture description. The study reveals that there is not much variation in the filled pause duration whereas the unfilled pause showed a consistent general progression across the age group for conversation task. In picture description task, there was no significant difference for the filled and unfilled pause duration across the age group.

Keywords: unfilled pauses, filled pauses, Malayalam language.

Introduction

Speech is the vocalized form of human communication. It is a complex, highly skilled motor act, the refinement and stabilization of which continues well into adolescent years (Kent, 1976). It consists of articulation, voice and fluency.

The term fluency, derived from the Latin for “fluere”, describes what the listener perceives when listening to someone who is truly adept at producing speech. The speech flow easily and smoothly in terms of both sound and information. Fluency is the ability to talk with the normal levels of continuity, rate and effort. Speech is always without disruptions, which in turn lead to break in fluency. These breaks in fluency can be normal or pathological. Starkweather (1987) described fluency as “effortless flow of speech”.

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Anuja Sara Abraham
Final Year Post-Graduate Student
Dr. M. V. Shetty College of Speech and Hearing
Maladi Court, Kavoor
Mangalore-575015
Karnataka
India
anujaaiswarya@rocketmail.com

Satish Kumaraswami
Principal
Dr. M. V. Shetty College of Speech and Hearing
Maladi Court, Kavoor
Mangalore-575015
Karnataka
sat8378@yahoo.com
India

Janet George
Final Year Post-Graduate Student
Dr. M. V. Shetty College of Speech and Hearing
Maladi Court, Kavoor
Mangalore-575015
Karnataka
janetmanthottam@gmail.com
India

Arya. G. S
Final Year Post-Graduate Student
Dr. M. V. Shetty College of Speech and Hearing
Maladi Court, Kavoor
Mangalore-575015
Karnataka
aryajalakam@gmail.com
India

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