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. 2014 Oct 21;42(5):1158–1171. doi: 10.1017/S0305000914000609

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)