| Multilevel modeling of between-speaker and within-speaker variation in spontaneous speech tempo. | |
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PMID: 18247911 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Speech tempo (articulation rate) varies both between and within speakers. The present study investigates several factors affecting tempo in a corpus of spoken Dutch, consisting of interviews with 160 high-school teachers. Speech tempo was observed for each phrase separately, and analyzed by means of multilevel modeling of the speaker's sex, age, country, and dialect region (between speakers) and length, sequential position of phrase, and autocorrelated tempo (within speakers). Results show that speech tempo in this corpus depends mainly on phrase length, due to anticipatory shortening, and on the speaker's country, with different speaking styles in The Netherlands (faster, less varied) and in Flanders (slower, more varied). Additional analyses showed that phrase length itself is shorter in The Netherlands than in Flanders, and decreases with speaker's age. Older speakers tend to vary their phrase length more (within speakers), perhaps due to their accumulated verbal proficiency. |
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Authors:
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Hugo Quené |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Volume: 123 ISSN: 1520-8524 ISO Abbreviation: J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Publication Date: 2008 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-02-05 Completed Date: 2008-03-25 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7503051 Medline TA: J Acoust Soc Am Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1104-13 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS, Utrecht University, Trans 10, 3512 JK Utrecht, The Netherlands. hugo.quene@let.uu.nl |
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Adult Age Factors Algorithms Female Humans Language Male Middle Aged Models, Psychological* Netherlands Phonation* Time Factors Verbal Behavior* |
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