Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten
Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten
Reihe: LINCOM Studies in Language Acquisition
ISBN: 978-3-89586-650-0
Verlag: LINCOM
This study investigates the significance of filled and unfilled pause phenomena as a universal strategy in language acquisition to achieve potential in communication across languages. Thai, the language of Thailand is used as a second language by speakers of different first languages as well as a first language in a natural setting, in Thai environment.
The study, by way of contrastive analysis between speech samples of native and non-native speakers, provides statistical results on the distribution of pauses, with discussion of significant features which affect pauses and significance of pauses in conversations in Thai.