ABSTRACT
In the previous paper, an account was given of differences in the use of hesitations in the speech. In this paper, an analysis of lexical and simple grammatical features will be given. Table 1 and Table 2 which follow give the mean IQ scores for the various groups and the number of long and short utterances. https://www.niso.org/standards/z39-96/ns/oasis-exchange/table">
Group
Subjects
Verbal IQ
S.D.
Non-verbal IQ
S.D.
Average age
Middle class
1
5
125·0
1·81
123·8
2·75
16·2
2
5
108·0
2·72
123·0
2·24
16·0
Working class
3
5
105·0
2·14
126·0
0·00
15·6
4
4
97·5
2·60
123·0
3·08
16·5
5
5
100·0
4·60
100·6
3·20
16·2
Utterances (number and type) https://www.niso.org/standards/z39-96/ns/oasis-exchange/table">Group:
1
2
3
4
5
1+2
3+4
3+4+5
Long
21
19
22
12
24
40
34
58
Short
24
8
14
9
19
32
23
42
Total
45
27
36
21
43
72
57
100
Mean No. of words
48·8
52·9
68·8
49·6
39·8
50·3
61·8
52·3
