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Word interruption in self-repairing.

S Brédart1

  • 1Faculté de Psychologie (B-32), Université de Liège, Belgium.

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
|March 1, 1991
PubMed
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Speakers delay self-repairing erroneous words due to trouble detection limitations. This study confirms Levelt's hypothesis on speech self-repair, showing word completion is not an exception.

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Area of Science:

  • Psycholinguistics
  • Speech Production
  • Language and Cognition

Background:

  • Levelt's (1983) theory suggests delayed self-repair of erroneous words stems from incomplete trouble detection.
  • This theory, however, does not fully explain the completion of merely inappropriate words, attributed to pragmatic reasons.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between reparandum length and interruption frequency in speech self-repair.
  • To test Levelt's hypothesis regarding the completion of erroneous versus non-erroneous words during self-repair.
  • To analyze a new corpus of 1225 speech repairs.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of a corpus of 1225 speech repairs.
  • Quantitative analysis of the relationship between reparandum length and interruption occurrence.

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  • Comparison of repair patterns for erroneous and non-erroneous words.

    • Main Results:

    • Confirmed prediction: longer erroneous words lead to higher interruption rates.
    • Confirmed prediction: the decrease in interruptions with word length is less pronounced for non-erroneous words.
    • Results support Levelt's framework, indicating erroneous word completion aligns with general self-repair rules.

    Conclusions:

    • Speech self-repair patterns are consistent with Levelt's (1983) theory.
    • The completion of erroneous words is not an exception but follows predictable rules in speech production.
    • Trouble detection and pragmatic factors influence the timing and nature of self-repairs in spoken language.