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Pauses Of Hesitation-Semantizers In Students’ Foreign Spontaneous Emotional Speech

Table 2:

Ex. 1 Ex. 2 Ex. 3 Ex. 4 Ex. 5 Ex. 6 Mean Value
Total sentences / pauses-semantizers 26 / 19 27 / 24 20 / 34 29 /18 30 / 13 25 / 24 26.2 / 22
Number of pauses per sentence 1.4 1.1 0.6 1.6 2.3 1.04 1.34
Simple sentence Number of sent. 16 / 61.5% 18 / 66.7% 13 / 65% 15 / 51.7% 19 / 63.3% 21 / 84% 17 / 65.4%
Number of pauses 4 / 21.1% 3 / 12.5% 5 / 14.7% 2 / 11.1% 2 / 15.4% 4 / 16.7% 3.3 / 15.3%
Compound sentence Number of sent. 3 / 11.5% 1 / 3.7% 2 / 10% 3 / 10.3% 2 / 6.7% 8 / 7%
Number of pauses 2 / 10.5% 3 / 12.5% 4 / 11.8% 2 / 11.1% 1 / 7.7% 2 / 8.9%
Complex sentence Number of sent. 5 / 19.3% 6 / 22.2% 3 / 15% 6 / 20.7% 5 / 16.7% 1 / 4% 4.3 / 16.3%
Number of pauses 7 / 36.8% 11 / 45.8% 8 / 23.5% 7 / 38.9 % 3 / 23.1% 6 / 28%
Compound-complex sentence Number of sent. 2 / 7.7% 2 / 7.4% 2 / 10% 5 / 17.3% 4 / 13.3% 3 / 12% 3 / 11.3%
Number of pauses 6 / 31.6% 2 / 8.3 % 17 / 50% 7 / 38.9% 7 / 53.8% 20 / 83.3% 9.8 / 44.3%
Sentences junction Number of pauses 5 / 20.9% 0.8 / 3.5%
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