Correlations Among Disfluency Markers in Simultaneous Interpreting: Speech Production in Bilingual Mode

Ghanavati, Elaheh; Yalsharzeh, Reza; Amini, Davoud; Soleymani, Mehran

doi:10.22054/tir.2026.93611.1068

Correlations Among Disfluency Markers in Simultaneous Interpreting: Speech Production in Bilingual Mode

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Elaheh Ghanavati ¹

Reza Yalsharzeh ²

Davoud Amini ³

Mehran Soleymani ⁴

¹ MA in Translation Studies, Department of English Language and Literature, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran

³ Associate Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran

⁴ Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran

10.22054/tir.2026.93611.1068

Abstract

Speech disfluency, including pauses and repetitions, is a key yet underexplored factor, and correlations among disfluency markers remain poorly understood. This study examined intercorrelations among nine speech disfluency markers in English-to-Persian simultaneous interpreting, using recordings from 71 purposively sampled bilingual adults. Pearson correlations among disfluency markers showed significant positive associations (e.g., filled pauses and multisyllabic word repetitions) and a negative relationship between blocks and filled pauses. These findings highlight interconnected disfluency patterns, providing insights into speech production mechanisms in the bilingual mode, when both languages are fully active.

Keywords

Speech disfluency

disfluency markers

simultaneous interpreting

bilingual modes

speech production

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