Use of 'um' in the deceptive speech of a convicted murderer

Autor:	Joanne Arciuli, David Mallard, Gina Villar
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Linguistics and Language Speech disfluency media_common.quotation_subject Strategic control Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Deception Psychology Social psychology Lying General Psychology Language and Linguistics media_common
Zdroj:	Applied Psycholinguistics. 33:83-95
ISSN:	1469-1817 0142-7164
DOI:	10.1017/s0142716411000117
Popis:	Previous studies have demonstrated a link between language behaviors and deception; however, questions remain about the role of specific linguistic cues, especially in real-life high-stakes lies. This study investigated use of the so-called filler, “um,” in externally verifiable truthful versus deceptive speech of a convicted murderer. The data revealed significantly fewer instances of “um” in deceptive speech. These results are in line with our recent study of “um” in laboratory elicited low-stakes lies. Rather than constituting a filled pause or speech disfluency, “um” may have a lexical status similar to other English words and may be under the strategic control of the speaker. In an attempt to successfully deceive, humans may alter their speech, perhaps in order to avoid certain language behaviors that they think might give them away.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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