It is, uh, very likely? The impact of prosodic uncertainty cues on the perception and interpretation of spoken verbal probability phrases
Ruben D. Vromans,
Charlot C. M. van de Ven,
Sanne J. W. Willems
et al.
Abstract:People typically use verbal probability phrases when discussing risks (“It is likely that this treatment will work”), both in written and spoken communication. When speakers are uncertain about risks, they can nonverbally signal this uncertainty by using prosodic cues, such as a rising, question‐like intonation or a filled pause (“uh”). We experimentally studied the effects of these two prosodic cues on the listener's perceived speaker certainty and numerical interpretation of spoken verbal probability phrases… Show more
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