ABSTRACT

Filled pauses indicate that the speaker is searching for information or deciding how to continue. In this review, we summarize recent research on the production and comprehension of these pauses. We also present studies that have focused on the establishment of meaningful connections during discourse comprehension, and preliminary research on the role of filled pauses in the establishment of these connections. Overall, these studies suggest that filled pauses promote that listeners focus attention on upcoming speech, and that research on this topic has not tended to focus on the comprehension of connected discourse. Studies on the comprehension of connected discourse suggest that the establishment of causal connections plays a central role, and that the presence of filled pauses does not create a break with information that is relevant to their establishment. Finally, this review presents an integrated view of research on the processing of disfluencies and discourse connections.

摘要

暂停的声音表明讲话者正在搜索信息或正在决定如何继续。在这篇综述中，我们总结了有关这些停顿的产生和理解的最新研究。我们还提供了一些研究，这些研究的重点是在话语理解过程中建立有意义的联系，并对填充式停顿在建立这些联系中的作用进行了初步研究。总体而言，这些研究表明，充实的停顿促进了听众将注意力集中在即将到来的演讲上，并且对该主题的研究并未倾向于将重点放在对关联话语的理解上。有关关联话语理解的研究表明，因果关系的建立起着核心作用，并且存在已填充的暂停不会中断与建立暂停相关的信息。最后，这篇综述提出了关于流离失所和话语联系处理研究的综合观点。