Effects of Noise and Second Language on Conversational Dynamics in Task Dialogue.

ABSTRACT: This study provides a framework for measuring conversational dynamics between conversational partners (interlocutors). Conversations from 20 pairs of young, normal-hearing, native-Danish talkers were recorded when speaking in both quiet and noise (70 dBA sound pressure level [SPL]) and in Danish and English. Previous studies investigating the intervals from when one talker stops talking to when the next one starts, termed floor-transfer offsets (FTOs), suggest that typical turn-taking requires interlocutors to predict when the current talker will finish their turn. We hypothesized that adding noise and/or speaking in a second language (L2) would increase the communication difficulty and result in longer and more variable FTOs. The median and interquartile range of FTOs increased slightly i

SUBMITTER: Sorensen AJM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8256248 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature