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dc.contributor.authorBradlow, Ann R.
dc.contributor.authorKim, Midam
dc.contributor.authorBlasingame, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-08T17:23:34Z
dc.date.available2018-11-08T17:23:34Z
dc.date.issued2017-01
dc.identifier.citationThe Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 141, 886 (2017); doi: 10.1121/1.4976044en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/27243
dc.description.abstractSecond-language (L2) speech is consistently slower than first-language (L1) speech, and L1 speaking rate varies within- and across-talkers depending on many individual, situational, linguistic, and sociolinguistic factors. It is asked whether speaking rate is also determined by a language-independent talker-specific trait such that, across a group of bilinguals, L1 speaking rate significantly predicts L2 speaking rate. Two measurements of speaking rate were automatically extracted from recordings of read and spontaneous speech by English monolinguals (n = 27) and bilinguals from ten L1 backgrounds (n = 86): speech rate (syllables/second), and articulation rate (syllables/second excluding silent pauses). Replicating prior work, L2 speaking rates were significantly slower than L1 speaking rates both across-groups (monolinguals' L1 English vs bilinguals' L2 English), and across L1 and L2 within bilinguals. Critically, within the bilingual group, L1 speaking rate significantly predicted L2 speaking rate, suggesting that a significant portion of inter-talker variation in L2 speech is derived from inter-talker variation in L1 speech, and that individual variability in L2 spoken language production may be best understood within the context of individual variability in L1 spoken language production.en_US
dc.publisherAcoustical Society of Americaen_US
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dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.titleLanguage-independent talker-specificity in first-language and second-language speech production by bilingual talkers: L1 speaking rate predicts L2 speaking rateen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
kusw.kuauthorKim, Midam
kusw.kudepartmentBusinessen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1121/1.4976044en_US
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher versionen_US
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