The Perception of Fluency in Native and Nonnative Speech

Autor/inn/en	Bosker, Hans Rutger; Quené, Hugo; Sanders, Ted; de Jong, Nivja H.
Titel	The Perception of Fluency in Native and Nonnative Speech
Quelle	In: Language Learning, 64 (2014) 3, S.579-614 (36 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0023-8333
DOI	10.1111/lang.12067
Schlagwörter	Language Fluency; Native Speakers; Second Language Learning; Speech Communication; Evaluators; Comparative Analysis; Phonetics; Auditory Perception + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Muttersprachler; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Phonetik; Fonetik; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik
Abstract	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. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10