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Lengths and L-motifs of rhythmical units in formal British speech

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Lengths and L-motifs of rhythmical units in formal British speech. / Wilson, Andrew.
In: Glottometrics, Vol. 48, 01.2020, p. 37-51.

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Wilson, A 2020, 'Lengths and L-motifs of rhythmical units in formal British speech', Glottometrics, vol. 48, pp. 37-51. <https://www.ram-verlag.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/g48zeit.pdf>

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Wilson, A. (2020). Lengths and L-motifs of rhythmical units in formal British speech. Glottometrics, 48, 37-51. https://www.ram-verlag.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/g48zeit.pdf

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Wilson A. Lengths and L-motifs of rhythmical units in formal British speech. Glottometrics. 2020 Jan;48:37-51.

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Wilson, Andrew. / Lengths and L-motifs of rhythmical units in formal British speech. In: Glottometrics. 2020 ; Vol. 48. pp. 37-51.

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abstract = "The lengths of rhythmical units (as defined by Karl Marbe in 1904) were identified, and their frequencies counted, in twelve complete texts from the Aix-MARSEC database of formal spoken British English. The texts all belonged to the genre of current affairs com¬mentary. L-motifs (i.e. maximal monotone non-decreasing sequences) of the rhythmical unit lengths were also identified, and the frequencies of the different L-motif lengths were count¬ed. The frequencies of both rhythmical unit lengths and L-motif lengths were modelled using a continuous approach with the Zipf-Alekseev function. Good qualities of fit were obtained for both kinds of unit on all texts. The parameters a and b of the Zipf-Alekseev function for the rhythmical unit lengths (though not for the L-motif lengths) were also found to be related in the form of a further Zipf-Alekseev function. Further research should aim to extend the application of the motif approach to rhythmical units.",
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