Rousier-Vercruyssen, Lucie

2014-9-10, Rousier-Vercruyssen, Lucie, Lacheret-Dujour, Anne, Fossard, Marion

This study examines temporal variations within sequential storytelling and compares the productions of 10 young and 10 older speakers. Three discourse variables that distinguish the storytelling sequences (s cript, number of characters and sex of character) were used to analyze three phonetic variables (number of pauses per second, mean duration of pauses, and ratio of pause time to speech time). On the whole, results seem to show that two discourse variables significantly influence these phonetic variables, indicating a difficulty of discursive planning for all speakers. The comparison of stories between the young and older speakers indicates an increased deficit of discursive planning for old speakers