Speaking rate consistency in native and non-native speakers of English.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Baese-Berk, Melissa M.; Morrill, Tuuli H.
- Source
- Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. Sep2015, Vol. 138 Issue 3, pEL223-EL228. 6p.
- Subject
- *NATIVE language
*SECOND language acquisition
*ELOCUTION
*SPEECH pattern
*REPETITION (Learning process)
*STRESS (Linguistics)
*DATA analysis
*MULTILEVEL models
- Language
- ISSN
- 0001-4966
Non-native speech differs from native speech in multiple ways. Previous research has described segmental and suprasegmental differences between native and non-native speech in terms of group averages. For example, average speaking rate for non-natives is slower than for natives. However, it is unknown whether non-native speech is also more variable than native speech. This study introduces a method of comparing rate change across utterances, demonstrating that non-native speaking rate is more variable than native speech. These results suggest that future work examining non-native speech perception and production should investigate both mean differences and variability in the signal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]