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http://dx.doi.org/10.13064/KSSS.2017.9.1.009

The influence of utterance length on speech rate in spontaneous speech  

Kim, Jungsun (영남대학교)
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Phonetics and Speech Sciences / v.9, no.1, 2017 , pp. 9-17 More about this Journal
Abstract
The current study examined speech rate and its variance in spontaneous Seoul Korean speech. The current study focused on factors affecting the variance of speech rate such as utterance length, individual speakers, and gender. The results revealed that, first, utterance length has a significant influence on speech rate. Longer utterances were spoken at a faster rate. Second, regarding the effect of utterance length, individual speakers differed significantly in their speaking rate. The variation between speakers and within speakers tended to increase as utterance length increases. Third, there were speakers' gender differences, indicating that males produced considerably faster speaking rate than females. Additionally, the current study implied that non-linguistic factors in spontaneous speech can affect the variance of speakers' speaking rate.
Keywords
speech rate; utterance length; spontaneous Seoul Korean speech; individual speakers; gender; variance;
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