English prosodic phrasing
Language Log 2013-09-21
Summary:
We can read a 10-digit sequence in the style of an American telephone number, 3+3+4 — e.g. 752-955-0354: Or we could read the same sequence in a 3+2+3+2 pattern, 752-95-503-54: It won't surprise you to learn that this changes the pattern of average digit durations: The graph above shows average duration by digit position for [...]