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PACE ACCELERATION
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The speed of speech increases noticeably, often without pause for breath.
MEANS
Excitement, anxiety, or a wish to finish a topic quickly.
CONTEXT
Read the topic. Accelerated speech on a pleasant subject is excitement. On an awkward one, it is the speaker trying to get past the moment. The acceleration often appears just before the speaker changes the subject.
NOT
A baseline fast talker.
