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Comparing perceptual local speech rate of German and Japanese speech

Year: 2006

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: The effect of language background on the perceptual local speech rate (PLSR) is investigated.160 short German and Japanese speech stimuli are judged by 40 German and Japanese subjects.Japanese listeners overshoot the local speech rate of German speech by 7.5% on a PLSR scale, and German listeners overshoot the speech rate of Japanese speech by 9.1%.

Source: Speech prosody

DOI: 10.21437/speechprosody.2006-30

Authors: Hartmut R. Pfitzinger, Miyuki Tamashima

Institution: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Language: English

Topic: Phonetics and Phonology Research

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2101034987

FWCI: 0.929

Cites: 7

Cited by: 12

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