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In nine tape-recorded samples of glossolalia, there is a remarkably low correlation with English samples from the same Ss, ascribable primarily to variation in vowel frequency. Nonetheless, all glossolalic phonemes are within the normal phonemic repertoire of native speakers of English. There is a divergence of syllables per pause rates between glossolalia and English. Optional articulatory choices characteristic of glossolalic samples can evidently be studied by means of accepted scientific procedures independently of theological or religious explication.
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Bryant, E., O’Connell, D. A phonemic analysis of nine samples of glossolalic speech. Psychon Sci 22, 81–83 (1971). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03332504
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