@InProceedings{Betz2016_333,
<br/>   author = {Simon Betz and Petra Wagner},
<br/>   booktitle = {Studientexte zur Sprachkommunikation: Elektronische Sprachsignalverarbeitung 2016},
<br/>   title = {Disfluent Lengthening in Spontaneous Speech},
<br/>   year = {2016},
<br/>   editor = {Oliver Jokisch},
<br/>   month = mar,
<br/>   pages = {135--144},
<br/>   publisher = {TUDpress, Dresden},
<br/>   abstract  = {We investigate lengthening in spontaneous speech with the aim in mind
to use it as a time-management strategy in incremental spoken dialogue systems.
lengthening is a common feature of speech, occurring regularly near the edges of
intonation phrases. It behaves similar to disfluencies when it occurs in places remote from phrasal boundaries. Disfluencies have proven useful in incremental spoken dialogue systems that require real-time interaction with human users. Previous
studies suggest that lengthening might be a low-cost way for dialogue systems to
buy valuable time. This is to be examined in detail, based on a corpus study of
lengthening behavior in spontaneous German speech. To aid the analyses, we explore new methods of automatic lengthening detection.},
<br/>   isbn = {978-3-959080-40-8},
<br/>   issn = {0940-6832},
<br/>   keywords = {Phonetik und Prosodie},
<br/>   url = {https://www.essv.de/pdf/2016_135_144.pdf},
<br/>}