Table 3.
Mean (SD) of pause and utterance duration in different turn-taking events by vocabulary size group and participant
| Event type | Vocabulary size | Participant | No. of events | 1st utterance duration (s) | 2nd utterance duration (s) | Pause duration (s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child–parent switching | Large | 1 | 224 | 0·59 (0·31) | 0·95 (0·61) | 0·40 (0·67) |
| 2 | 126 | 0·86 (0·52) | 1·19 (0·65) | 0·48 (0·72) | ||
| 3 | 118 | 0·82 (0·54) | 1·24 (0·93) | 0·39 (0·24) | ||
| 4 | 81 | 1·02 (0·85) | 1·22 (0·67) | 0·89 (2·35) | ||
| 5 | 108 | 0·62 (0·30) | 0·97 (0·54) | 0·61 (1·08) | ||
| Typical | 6 | 131 | 0·78 (0·34) | 1·09 (0·56) | 0·40 (0·47) | |
| 7 | 75 | 1·03 (0·69) | 1·34 (0·82) | 1·15 (2·60) | ||
| 8 | 76 | 0·81 (0·66) | 1·02 (0·74) | 1·24 (2·45) | ||
| 9 | 39 | 0·83 (0·59) | 1·00 (0·58) | 0·76 (0·61) | ||
| 10 | 117 | 0·64 (0·42) | 0·91 (0·64) | 0·38 (0·47) | ||
| Small | 11 | 28 | 0·81 (0·87) | 1·03 (0·67) | 1·51 (2·61) | |
| 12 | 71 | 0·70 (0·59) | 0·94 (0·52) | 1·41 (2·25) | ||
| 13 | 75 | 0·38 (0·24) | 1·03 (0·80) | 0·91 (0·91) | ||
| 14 | 57 | 0·53 (0·47) | 1·45 (0·83) | 0·62 (0·85) | ||
| 15 | 52 | 0·98 (0·78) | 0·76 (0·44) | 0·71 (0·84) | ||
| Parent–parent intrapersonal | Large | 1 | 125 | 1·15 (0·75) | 1·21 (0·67) | 1·58 (2·01) |
| 2 | 106 | 1·21 (0·84) | 1·15 (0·79) | 1·94 (1·69) | ||
| 3 | 205 | 1·25 (0·99) | 1·27 (0·91) | 1·19 (1·29) | ||
| 4 | 149 | 1·62 (1·09) | 1·66 (1·29) | 1·43 (1·64) | ||
| 5 | 270 | 1·15 (0·92) | 1·07 (0·89) | 1·24 (1·51) | ||
| Typical | 6 | 180 | 1·15 (0·56) | 1·07 (0·58) | 1·57 (1·59) | |
| 7 | 173 | 1·25 (0·73) | 1·22 (0·69) | 1·75 (1·54) | ||
| 8 | 226 | 1·22 (0·87) | 1·31 (0·87) | 1·51 (1·79) | ||
| 9 | 227 | 1·40 (1·03) | 1·44 (1·09) | 1·96 (2·49) | ||
| 10 | 150 | 1·19 (0·83) | 1·23 (0·92) | 1·21 (0·87) | ||
| Small | 11 | 207 | 1·10 (0·65) | 1·12 (0·64) | 2·58 (3·15) | |
| 12 | 164 | 0·84 (0·52) | 0·79 (0·43) | 2·41 (2·71) | ||
| 13 | 122 | 1·32 (0·75) | 1·47 (0·75) | 2·08 (1·97) | ||
| 14 | 355 | 1·36 (0·92) | 1·34 (0·91) | 1·23 (1·19) | ||
| 15 | 222 | 1·04 (0·76) | 1·06 (0·75) | 1·82 (2·00) | ||
| Parent–parent switching | Large | 1 | 20 | 0·65 (0·36) | 0·77 (0·45) | 0·67 (0·84) |
| 2 | 2 | 1·62 (0·71) | 1·11 (0·06) | 2·37 (2·02) | ||
| 3 | 56 | 1·09 (0·71) | 1·12 (0·92) | 0·75 (1·54) | ||
| 4 | 25 | 1·23 (0·90) | 0·93 (0·56) | 1·12 (1·84) | ||
| 5 | 48 | 0·80 (0·52) | 0·80 (0·55) | 1·92 (2·51) | ||
| Typical | 6 | 5 | 0·81 (0·39) | 0·71 (0·31) | 0·61 (0·56) | |
| 7 | 0 | – | – | – | ||
| 8 | 54 | 1·13 (0·74) | 1·04 (0·73) | 0·91 (1·23) | ||
| 9 | 0 | – | – | – | ||
| 10 | 0 | – | – | – | ||
| Small | 11 | 49 | 1·08 (0·81) | 0·98 (0·74) | 1·38 (1·60) | |
| 12 | 45 | 0·97 (0·55) | 0·92 (0·59) | 2·96 (3·38) | ||
| 13 | 0 | – | – | – | ||
| 14 | 18 | 1·01 (0·48) | 1·01 (0·84) | 0·93 (0·84) | ||
| 15 | 15 | 1·40 (1·03) | 0·89 (0·58) | 1·36 (2·14) |