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TPO 17 - Question 4
Ritualization
Sociobiologists believe that some communicative behavior in animals is developed through a process called ritualization. In this process, the purpose of a given behavior changes over time—a behavior that originally had a practical purpose develops into one that communicates a specific message. For example, a certain movement or physical feature might evolve to serve as a signal or a warning that other animals will understand. Once a behavior is ritualized, it becomes a form of communication; therefore, if an animal engages in this behavior, other animals will be able to interpret the meaning of the behavior quickly and respond appropriately.
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| Post dates | Users | rates | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-26 | bishoy | 66.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2018-09-13 | mgrajapt | 73.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2017-10-10 | ajulyav | 80.00 | Check this speaking |
| 2016-12-28 | mgrajapt | Check this speaking | |
| 2017-08-10 | mahabub | 73.00 | Check this speaking |
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Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 758.0 592.248995984 128% => OK
No of words: 196.0 155.574297189 126% => OK
Chars per words: 3.86734693878 3.80514564318 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.74165738677 3.525876923 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 1.84688239851 1.79077849142 103% => OK
Unique words: 106.0 93.7148594378 113% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.540816326531 0.604071249207 90% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
Syllable count: 239.4 185.844578313 129% => OK
Avg_syllables_per_word: 1.2 1.19417670683 100% => OK
Performance on coherence:
Topic speech coherence ratio: 0.116137457516 0.0650381309087 179% => OK
Acoustic performance on paragraphs:
How many acoustic paragraphs: 4.0 4.35341365462 92% => OK
Average paragraph length: 49.0 68.503853103 72% => OK
STD paragraph length: 40.8105378548 21.3332995233 191% => OK
Average paragraph duration: 14.8575 25.9943957902 57% => OK
STD paragraph duration: 11.763699195 7.84667146824 150% => OK
Acoustic performance on sentences:
How many acoustic sentences: 27.0 42.0642570281 64% => OK
Average acoustic sentence length: 7.25925925926 4.02192344571 180% => OK
STD acoustic sentence length: 3.48108744815 3.1217529195 112% => OK
Average acoustic sentences duration: 2.13037037037 1.45093177766 147% => OK
STD acoustic sentences duration: 0.944345673848 0.99851816184 95% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic silence:(An acoustic silence means a little pause between two or more words)
How many acoustic silence: 25.0 39.0421686747 64% => OK
Total acoustic silence duration: 4.15 7.12997991968 58% => OK
Average acoustic silence duration: 0.166 0.185688545393 89% => OK
STD acoustic silence duration: 0.120764233116 0.155154303396 78% => OK
Acoustic performance on acoustic words:
Total word duration: 51.3 47.1480722892 109% => OK
Average word duration: 0.261734693878 0.305395592593 86% => OK
STD word duration: 0.145581350497 0.189427763521 77% => OK
Disfluencies: like hesitations, or 'ehn' or taking a long time to pronounce a word:
How many disfluencies: 6.0 7.94979919679 75% => OK
Total_disfluencies_duration: 4.0 6.2937751004 64% => OK
Total acoustic noise duration: 1.72 3.39508032129 51% => OK
Acoustic rates:
Total speech duration: 59.43 59.7592369478 99% => OK
Compare to expected duration: 0.9905 0.995987282463 99% => OK
Rate of silence: 0.420662964833 0.656000678711 64% => OK
Rate of speech: 3.29799764429 2.60215298798 127% => OK
Rate of speech by unique words: 1.78361097089 1.56821927147 114% => OK
Rate of word duration by unique words: 2.06627680312 1.99336655568 104% => OK
Average articulation rates: 0.419480413265 0.317803793328 132% => OK
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It may have duplicated content. Need to use the words more efficiently.
Rates: 66.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by speech e-grader: 20.0 Out of 30
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Note: the speech e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas.