English Speech Rhythm : Form and Function in Everyday Verbal Interaction Book

	Table of Figures
	Introduction	1
I	Is there rhythm in speech?	5
1	The isochrony debate	5
2	Acoustic correlates of isochrony in speech	14
3	Outlook for future isochrony research	22
II	Discovering rhythm in English speech	37
1	Identifying isochrony auditorily	37
2	Investigating perceptual isochrony acoustically	53
3	Rhythmic structures and their nature	65
4	An auditory-acoustic rhythmic analysis of a fragment of conversational English	74
III	The hierarchical organization of speech rhythm	79
1	Metrical models of linguistic rhythm	79
2	Speech rhythm in relation to prosodic hierarchical structure	89
3	Tempo and the prosodic hierarchy	100
4	Metrical models of speech, music and verse compared	103
IV	Analyzing speech rhythm at turn transitions	115
1	Current views of timing in everyday interaction	116
2	A rhythm-based metric for turn-taking	126
3	Advantages of a rhythm-based view of timing	131
4	Empirical evidence for a rhythm-based view	132
V	Accounting for speech rhythm at turn transitions	163
1	Rhythm coordination as temporal congruence	164
2	Interactional rhythm as contextualization cue	167
3	A critical evaluation of current accounts	171
4	Speech rhythm as a function of conversational organization	175
VI	Interpreting speech rhythm at sequence-external junctures	197
1	Rhythmic integration	197
2	Rhythmic non-integration	202
3	'Pseudo' non-integration: silent beats	203
4	Rhythmic integration revisited	217
VII	Interpreting speech rhythm at sequence-internal junctures	221
1	Speech rhythm in question sequences	222
2	Speech rhythm in non-question sequences	230
3	Isochrony and preference/dispreference	254
4	Conclusion	267
VIII	Interpreting speech rhythm in specific activity sequences	269
1	'Genuine' questions	269
2	Interactive repair	275
	Conclusion	297
	Appendix I: Instrumental measurements of perceptually isochronous sequences	299
	Appendix II: Instrumental measurements of perceptually non-isochronous sequences	305
	Bibliography	313
	Index of Authors and Subjects	335