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The maintenance of clear speech in naturalistic conversations
The maintenance of clear speech in naturalistic conversations
- Source :
- The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 147:3702-3711
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Acoustical Society of America (ASA), 2020.
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Abstract
- Clear speech is a style that speakers adopt when talking with listeners whom these speakers anticipate may have a problem understanding speech. This study examines whether native English speakers use clear speech in conversations with non-native English speakers when native speakers are not explicitly asked to use clear speech (i.e., clear speech elicited with naturalistic methods). The results of the study suggest that native English speakers use clear speech in conversations with non-native English speakers even when native speakers are not explicitly asked to. Native English speakers' speech is more intelligible in the early portions of the conversations than in the late portions of each conversation. Further, the speakers "reset" to clearer speech at the start of each Diapix picture. Additionally, acoustic properties of the speech are examined to complement the intelligibility results. These findings suggest the instigation of clear speech may be listener-driven but the maintenance of clear speech is likely more speaker-driven.
- Subjects :
- Speech perception
Acoustics and Ultrasonics
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Speech Intelligibility
05 social sciences
Intelligibility (communication)
050105 experimental psychology
Linguistics
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Native english
Speech Production Measurement
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Speech Perception
Speech
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Conversation
Psychology
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Naturalism
Language
media_common
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00014966
- Volume :
- 147
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....fc7b697ce6f95ffa39b8662413f5f5a7
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0001315