dc.contributor.author | Bradlow, Ann R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kim, Midam | |
dc.contributor.author | Blasingame, Michael | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-08T17:23:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-11-08T17:23:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 141, 886 (2017); doi: 10.1121/1.4976044 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27243 | |
dc.description.abstract | Second-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.publisher | Acoustical Society of America | en_US |
dc.rights | © 2017 Author(s). All article content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_US |
dc.title | Language-independent talker-specificity in first-language and second-language speech production by bilingual talkers: L1 speaking rate predicts L2 speaking rate | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
kusw.kuauthor | Kim, Midam | |
kusw.kudepartment | Business | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1121/1.4976044 | en_US |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | en_US |
kusw.oapolicy | This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria. | en_US |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | en_US |