This study investigates speech rate development of Korean-speaking young children in a relation to VOT distinction. Speech rate is a duration-based acoustic measure and crucial parameter to determine language development and language processing. To examine children’s speech rate, a production experiment was conducted with three- and four-year-old Korean-speaking children. The two child groups showed insignificant speech rate differences in mono- and bi-syllabic words, while the difference from adult speakers apparently increased in bi-syllabic words. Even though children showed adult-like VOT distinction patterns across three stop categories, the ratio of VOT to word duration was different from that of adult speech. This finding indicates that adult-like VOT distinction development in a segment level would emerge ahead of adult-like speech rate development. The results suggest that children in those ages did not show adult-like speech rate control, and for the speech rate control development, multiple linguistic features and cognitive factors are related. The 3- or 4-year-olds need to further develop speech rate.
목차
I. Introduction II. Production Experiment 1. Participants 2. Methods 3. Procedure 4. Results III. Discussion and Conclusion Works Cited Abstract
한국중앙영어영문학회 [The Jungang English Language And Literature Association Of Korea]
설립연도
1968
분야
인문학>영어와문학
소개
본 학회는 영미어문학의 학술연구와 이에 부합하는 아래의 사업을 기획 수행하며,
또한 회원 상호간의 친목을 도모함을 목적으로 한다.
1. 학회지 발간
2. 연구 발표회, 강연회, 공동연구
3. 영미어문학 관련 도서출판
4. 영미어문학 관계 도서 및 자료의 모집 및 비치
5. 기타 본회의 목적 달성에 필요한 사업
간행물
간행물명
영어영문학연구 [The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature]