What’s a disfluency?

Disfluency is an interruption in speech that can range from small errors to stuttering. Filler words like “like” are common, and each language has its own unique fillers. Disfluency can also take the form of partial repetition or sentence repair. Humanities professors have fewer disfluencies than science professors. A disfluency is an interruption or interruption […]

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