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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 June 2016
Language events occur in a temporal domain. Every speech event occupies a span of time and has temporal boundaries beyond which it cannot be reduced (or, presumably, expanded) and remain intelligible. Normal language users operate successfully within these temporal boundaries, both producing and perceiving utterances within the critical limits.
The kind help of the following individuals and institutions where the testing reported in this study was carried out is most gratefully acknowledged: Dr. Russell Malone and the Glenrose Provincial Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta; Dr. J. L. Shapley and Dr. George L. Larsen and the Veterans Administration Hospital, Seattle, Washington; Dr. R. Bollinger, University Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. The comments of Drs. G. D. Prideaux, J. T. Hogan, and Wm. J. Baker of the Department of Linguistics, University of Alberta, on an earlier version of this paper were most helpful, and are acknowledged with thanks; in particular, Dr. Baker’s advice on the statistical analysis of the data is greatly appreciated.