Breath and Memory in Speech based on Quantitative Analysis of Breath Groups and Pause Units in Korean

Jiyoung Shin · Korean Linguistics · 2018

This paper aims at proposing issues of breath and memory in speech based on the quantitative analysis of breath groups and pause units in Korean. As a human being, we have two kinds of limitations on continuing speech; breath and memory. The prosodic structure and temporal structure of spontaneous speech data from six speakers were closely examined. One of the main findings of the present study is that the prosodic structure and temporal structure of Korean appears to reflect the breath and memory problems in speech.

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