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http://dx.doi.org/10.13064/KSSS.2022.14.1.021

Cross-sectional perception studies of children's monosyllabic word by naive listeners  

Ha, Seunghee (Division of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Hallym University)
So, Jungmin (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sogang University)
Yoon, Tae-Jin (Department of English Language and Literature, Sungshin Women's University)
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Phonetics and Speech Sciences / v.14, no.1, 2022 , pp. 21-28 More about this Journal
Abstract
Previous studies have provided important findings on children's speech production development. They have revealed that essentially all aspects of children's speech shift toward adult-like characteristics over time. Nevertheless, few studies have examined the perceptual aspects of children's speech tokens, as perceived by naive adult listeners. To fill the gap between children's production and adults' perception, we conducted cross-sectional perceptual studies of monosyllabic words produced by children aged two to six years. Monosyllabic words in the consonant-vowel-consonant form were extracted from children's speech samples and presented aurally to five listener groups (20 listeners in total). Generally, the agreement rate between children's production of target words and adult listeners' responses increases with age. The perceptual responses to tokens produced by two-year old children induced the largest discrepancies and the responses to words produced by six years olds agreed the most. Further analyses were conducted to identify the sources of disagreement, including the types of segments and syllable structure. This study makes an important contribution to our understanding of the development and perception of children's speech across age groups.
Keywords
naive listeners; children's speech; cross-sectional perception studies;
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