The Perception of Fluency in Native and Nonnative Speech  

Oleh:

Bosker, Hans Rutger ; Quene, Hugo ; Sanders, Ted ; de Jong, Nivja H.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Learning: A Journal of Research in Language Studies (Full Text) vol. 64 no. 3 (2014), page 579-614.
Topik: fluency; disfluencies; hesitations; phonetic manipulations; nonnative speech
Fulltext: 64_03_Bosker.pdf (476.71KB)

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Where native speakers supposedly are fluent by default, nonnative speakers often have to strive hard to achieve a nativelike fluency level. However, disfluencies (such as pauses, fillers, repairs, etc.) occur in both native and nonnative speech and it is as yet unclear how fluency raters weigh the fluency characteristics of native and nonnative speech. Two rating experiments compared the way raters assess the fluency of native and nonnative speech. The fluency characteristics were controlled by using phonetic manipulations in pause (Experiment 1) and speed characteristics (Experiment 2). The results show that the ratings of manipulated native and nonnative speech were affected in a similar fashion. This suggests that there is no difference in the way listeners weigh the fluency characteristics of native and nonnative speakers.

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