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http://dx.doi.org/10.13064/KSSS.2022.14.2.029

A study on the change of prosodic units by speech rate and frequency of turn-taking  

Won, Yugwon (Department of Korean Language and Literature, Konkuk University)
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Phonetics and Speech Sciences / v.14, no.2, 2022 , pp. 29-38 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aimed to analyze the speech appearing in the National Institute of Korean Language's Daily Conversation Speech Corpus (2020) and reveal how the speech rate and the frequency of turn-taking affect the change in prosody units. The analysis results showed a positive correlation between intonation phrase, word phrase frequency, and speaking duration as the speech speed increased; however, the correlation was low, and the suitability of the regression model of the speech rate was 3%-11%, which was weak in explanatory power. There was a significant difference in the mean speech rate according to the frequency of the turn-taking, and the speech rate decreased as the frequency of the turn-taking increased. In addition, as the frequency of turn-taking increased, the frequency of intonation phrases, the frequency of word phrases, and the speaking duration decreased; there was a high negative correlation. The suitability of the regression model of the turn-taking frequency was calculated as 27%-32%. The frequency of turn-taking functions as a factor in changing the speech rate and prosodic units. It is presumed that this can be influenced by the disfluency of the dialogue, the characteristics of turn-taking, and the active interaction between the speakers.
Keywords
speech rate; intonation phrase; prosody; turn-taking; corpus linguistics;
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