Whether Our Speech Is Fast or Slow, We Say About Same
January 17, 2017
January 17, 2017
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Jan. 17 -- Brown University issued the following news release:
The purpose of speech is communication, not speed -- so perhaps some new research findings, while counterintuitive, should come as no surprise. Whether we speak quickly or slowly, the new study reports, we end up conveying information at about the same rate, because faster speech packs less information in each utterance.
The study suggests we tend to converse within a narrow channel of . . .
The purpose of speech is communication, not speed -- so perhaps some new research findings, while counterintuitive, should come as no surprise. Whether we speak quickly or slowly, the new study reports, we end up conveying information at about the same rate, because faster speech packs less information in each utterance.
The study suggests we tend to converse within a narrow channel of . . .