Contextual Probability and Word Frequency as Determinants of Pauses and Errors in Spontaneous Speech.

Beattie, Geoffrey W.; Butterworth, B. L.

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ERIC Number: EJ214162

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Publication Date: 1979

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Contextual Probability and Word Frequency as Determinants of Pauses and Errors in Spontaneous Speech.

Beattie, Geoffrey W.; Butterworth, B. L.

Language and Speech, v22 n3 p201-11 Jul-Sep 1979

Demonstrates that the contextual probability of lexical items in a continuous sample of spontaneous speech, as measured by the predictability of words in context, is related to word frequency. (Author/RL)

Descriptors: Adults, Cloze Procedure, Computational Linguistics, Context Clues, Error Analysis (Language), Language Patterns, Language Processing, Research, Speech Communication, Speech Habits, Word Frequency

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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