Animal Behavior & CognitionProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewed
A universal of speech timing: Intonation units form low frequency rhythms and balance cross-linguistic syllable rate variability
Maya Inbar, Eitan Grossman, Ayelet Nina Landau
The paper analyzes intonation unit (IU) rates across 48 languages and finds a low-frequency rhythm with minimal variation, suggesting IUs balance information content more than syllables.
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