Sleep Deprived Determined from Slurred Speech
It is quite obvious that the way we sleep can alter various mannerisms we do, including the manner to which we talk. Normally, we have slurred speech diction when we are drunk and often, people lacking sleep are mistaken to be drunkards. This is not really the case.
When we lack sleep, we are tired and once we are like that, pronouncing the right words in the way the people understand them to be, becomes hard to understand. But just to set the records straight, there is a distinct difference between a well-rested person and someone who drinks so much. Being tired is one thing but abusing your body due to alcohol is another.
Boyce and her team theorized that the differences between the speech of people lacking sleep and those who had a good night’s rest would be comparable to the differences between conversational and “clear” speakers.
“Clear” speech occurs when a person articulates or even over-emphasizes syllables, words and phrases — such as when addressing a formal gathering, talking to people who are hard of hearing or for whom the spoken language is not their native tongue.
A word like “police,” for example, might sound more like “blees” in conversational speech, but like “poe-lees” in clear speech.
(Source) Discovery Channel
Tags: alcohol, clear speech, conversational speech, diction, distinct difference, drunkards, mannerisms, native tongue, phrases, sleep, speakers, spoken language, syllables words
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