A Factorial Comparison of Speech/Language Assessments: Relating the Vowel Space to Referential Communication Tasks - Couverture souple

Oller, Stephen

 
9783838310756: A Factorial Comparison of Speech/Language Assessments: Relating the Vowel Space to Referential Communication Tasks
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ISBN 10 : 3838310756 ISBN 13 : 9783838310756
Editeur : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

The vowel space is a construct used to describe how well a speaker differentiates their vowels. Ideally, the more differentiated a speaker¿s vowels, the easier time listeners will have in understanding that speaker. This work is an examination of how the vowel space relates to single word intelligibility tasks, narrative expression, subjective ratings, and referential communication using a barrier task. This work describes a study using one native speaker of English and three non-native speakers from a Mandarin background, and the judgments and ratings of native English (American) speakers. Results indicate that the vowel space, as determined by properties of the three corner vowels [a], [i], and [u], correlates more strongly with the barrier task than any of the other measures used in this study. This finding is especially relevant to those in the field of English language assessment like ESL teachers and speech-language pathologists, who are interested in combining acoustic measures of language performance with deeper comprehension based measures.

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Éditeur
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3838310756
ISBN 13 
9783838310756
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
148
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