Speech rate in Korean across region, gender and generation

Nara, Lee; Shin, Jiyoung; Yoo, Doyoung; Kim, Kyungwha

doi:10.13064/ksss.2017.9.1.027

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“…Another possible reason is that the Korean syllable structure is simpler than the English syllable structure. The English syllable structure allows for more than two consonants to appear before and after a syllable nucleus, whereas the Korean syllable structure allows for only one consonant to appear before and after the syllable nucleus [16]. In other words, the number of phonemes that can be included in one syllable can be more in English than in Korean.…”

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Comparison of Speech Rate and Long-Term Average Speech Spectrum between Korean Clear Speech and Conversational Speech

Yoo

Jeong

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J Audiol Otol

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Background and ObjectivesClear speech is an effective communication strategy used in difficult listening situations that draws on techniques such as accurate articulation, a slow speech rate, and the inclusion of pauses. Although too slow speech and improperly amplified spectral information can deteriorate overall speech intelligibility, certain amplitude of increments of the mid-frequency bands (1 to 3 dB) and around 50% slower speech rates of clear speech, when compared to those in conversational speech, were reported as factors that can improve speech intelligibility positively. The purpose of this study was to identify whether amplitude increments of mid-frequency areas and slower speech rates were evident in Korean clear speech as they were in English clear speech.Subjects and MethodsTo compare the acoustic characteristics of the two methods of speech production, the voices of 60 participants were recorded during conversational speech and then again during clear speech using a standardized sentence material.ResultsThe speech rate and longterm average speech spectrum (LTASS) were analyzed and compared. Speech rates for clear speech were slower than those for conversational speech. Increased amplitudes in the mid-frequency bands were evident for the LTASS of clear speech.ConclusionsThe observed differences in the acoustic characteristics between the two types of speech production suggest that Korean clear speech can be an effective communication strategy to improve speech intelligibility.

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“…In English, it is possible to count the number of words on the basis of spacing; however, in Korean, there are cases wherein words are pasted without spacing. Therefore, spm, which was also used in a previous study to analyze speech rate for Korean, was considered in this study [16].…”

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Comparison of Speech Rate and Long-Term Average Speech Spectrum between Korean Clear Speech and Conversational Speech

Yoo

Jeong

et al. 2019

J Audiol Otol

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“…. 일반적으로 남성이 여 성보다, 청년층이 장년층보다 길고 잦은 휴지의 실현을 보이며 (Kendall, 2009;Lee et al, 2017), 언어적이거나 인지적으로 더 복 잡하고 부담이 있는 문장을 발화할 때 휴지가 길고 잦아진다 (Henderson et al, 1966). 또 휴지 전후의 발화 길이가 길수록 휴 지의 길이 또한 길어진다 (Ferreira, 1991) (Foulkes & Docherty, 2006), 청자 역시 화자의 사회적 지위에 기반하여 그들의 발화를 해석한다 (Strand et al, 1999 (Henderson et al, 1965;Rochet-Capellan & Fuchs, 2013).…”

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“…앞선 연구들에 따르면 인지적으로 부담이 있는 상황에서 발화 의 길이가 더 짧아지거나 (Henderson et al, 1965) Winkworth et al(1994Winkworth et al( , 1995과 Wang et al(2010), Lee et al(2012)을 들 수 있다. Winkworth et al(1994Winkworth et al( , 1995 (Clopper & Smiljanic, 2015;Lee et al, 2017;Shin, 2013;Wennerstrom et al, 2003)…”

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Study on the realization of pause groups and breath groups*

Yoo¹,

Shin²

2020

Phonetics Speech Sci.

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The purpose of this study is to observe the realization of pause and breath groups from adult speakers and to examine how gender, generation, and tasks can affect this realization. For this purpose, we analyzed forty-eight male or female speakers. Their generation was divided into two groups: young, old. Task and gender affected both the realization of pause and breath groups. The length of the pause groups was longer in the read speech than in the spontaneous speech and female speech. On the other hand, the length of the breath group was longer in the spontaneous speech and the male speech. In the spontaneous speech, which requires planning, the speaker produced shorter length of pause group. The short sentence length of the reading material influenced the reason for which the length of the breath group was shorter in the reading speech. Gender difference resulted from difference in pause patterns between genders. In the case of the breath groups, the male speaker produced longer duration of pause than the female speaker did, which may be due to difference in lung capacity between genders. On the other hand, generation did not affect either the pause groups or the breath groups. The generation factor only influenced the number of syllables and the eojeols, which can be interpreted as the result of the difference in speech rate between generations.

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“…청자의 정확도는 얼마나 정확하게 연 령을 답변하도록 요구받았는지, 그리고 음성 샘플 길이와 유형이 어떠하였는지에 따라 달라지는 것으로 나타났다 (Harnsberger et al, 2008;Ptacek & Sander, 1966;Schotz, 2007 (Jacewicz et al, 2009;Linville, 2001;Ramig, 1983). Lee et al (2017)…”

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Speaker age estimation and acoustic characteristics: According to pitch and speech rate*

Seo¹,

Shin²

2019

Phonetics Speech Sci.

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This study aimed to investigate the correlation between speaker's chronological age (CA) and perceived age (PA) and to specify the effect of pitch and speech rate as acoustic cue on judging age, using perceptual testing and acoustic analysis. Three tasks were conducted to identify the degree of listener's accuracy about age estimation. Three perception tasks were conducted to measure the accuracy of 80 Korean listeners when presented with different types of speech. In all the tasks, participants listened to speech samples and gave their estimate of the speaker's age in figures. It was found that Korean listeners are able to gauge the age of a speaker fairly precisely. CA and mean PA were positively correlated in all three tasks. It is clear that the amount and type of information included in the voice samples affected the accuracy of a listener's judgement. Moreover, the result revealed that listeners make use of acoustic information such as pitch and speech rate to estimate speaker's age.

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Speech rate in Korean across region, gender and generation

Cited by 13 publications

References 6 publications

Comparison of Speech Rate and Long-Term Average Speech Spectrum between Korean Clear Speech and Conversational Speech

Comparison of Speech Rate and Long-Term Average Speech Spectrum between Korean Clear Speech and Conversational Speech

Study on the realization of pause groups and breath groups*

Speaker age estimation and acoustic characteristics: According to pitch and speech rate*

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