The suggestion is made that, depending upon its duration, a pause occurring between two phonemic clauses may be interpreted as consisting of two components: a juncture pause component associated with the first clause and a hesitation pause component associated with the second clause. On that basis, Boomer's (1965) finding relating to the general locus of hesitation pauses at the beginning of phonemic clauses is further strengthened, but the position reversal which he notes is largely obliterated.
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