Estimates of Speech Efficiency in Monolingual and Bilingual Speakers of English.

IF 1.1 4区医学 Q3 AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica Pub Date : 2024-07-31 DOI:10.1159/000540671

Yuting Song, Michael P Robb, Yang Chen

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Abstract

Introduction: The Speech Efficiency Score (SES) serves as an acoustic metric for assessing fluency in conversational speech within the temporal domain. This study leverages SES to investigate conversational speech efficiency among native speakers of American English (AE) compared to speakers of Mandarin-accented English (MAE).

Methods: SES, speaking rate, articulation rate, and vocabulary diversity were measured and compared between two groups: native AE speakers and MAE speakers. The study utilized conversational speech samples collected from both groups to analyze these metrics.

Results: Findings indicate a disparity in speaking rate and articulation rate between the AE and MAE groups, with the AE group exhibiting significantly faster speech. However, no significant differences were observed in SES and vocabulary diversity between the two groups.

Conclusion: The results are discussed in the context of the interplay between speaking rate, speech fluency, and vocabulary diversity. These findings shed light on the maintenance of speech efficiency among bilingual speakers, suggesting that despite differences in speaking rate and articulation rate, SES and vocabulary diversity remain comparable between native AE speakers and MAE speakers.

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单语和双语英语使用者的语音效率估计。

导言言语效率评分（SES）是评估时域内会话言语流畅性的声学指标。本研究利用 SES 调查母语为美式英语（AE）的人与母语为普通话的英语（MAE）人的会话语音效率。方法对 SES、说话速度、发音速度和词汇多样性进行测量，并在两组人之间进行比较：以美式英语为母语的人和以普通话为母语的人。研究利用从两个群体收集的会话语音样本来分析这些指标。结果研究结果表明，AE 组和 MAE 组在说话速度和发音速度上存在差异，AE 组的语速明显更快。然而，在社会经济地位和词汇多样性方面，两组之间没有发现明显差异。结论本文从语速、语言流畅性和词汇多样性之间的相互作用角度对研究结果进行了讨论。这些发现揭示了双语使用者的语言效率维持情况，表明尽管说话速度和发音速度存在差异，但母语为英语的使用者和母语为亚洲英语的使用者在社会经济地位和词汇多样性方面仍具有可比性。.

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Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY-OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY

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2.30

自引率

10.00%

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Published since 1947, ''Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica'' provides a forum for international research on the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of structures of the speech, language, and hearing mechanisms. Original papers published in this journal report new findings on basic function, assessment, management, and test development in communication sciences and disorders, as well as experiments designed to test specific theories of speech, language, and hearing function. Review papers of high quality are also welcomed.