The Perception of Fluency in Native and Nonnative Speech

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ID4846575
AutoresHans Rutger Bosker (0000-0002-2628-7738, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, autor correspondente), Hugo Quené (0000-0001-7988-1346, Utrecht University), Ted Sanders (0000-0001-8212-7336, Utrecht University), Nivja H De Jong (0000-0002-3680-3820, Utrecht University)
Ano2014
Volume64
Fascículo3
Páginas579-614
Data de publicação2014-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLanguage Learning (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/lang.12067
OpenAlexW1607884543
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14
Referências citadas63

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

Cognitive psychology · First language · Fluency · Linguistics · Perception · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Speech and dialogue systems