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Temporal characteristics of speech: The effect of age and speech style

Author(s) -

Judit Bóna

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

the journal of the acoustical society of america

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.619

H-Index - 187

eISSN - 1520-8524

pISSN - 0001-4966

DOI - 10.1121/1.4885482

Subject(s) - articulation (sociology) , style (visual arts) , reading aloud , conversation , narrative , psychology , reading (process) , speech production , linguistics , speech recognition , computer science , communication , history , philosophy , politics , political science , law , archaeology

Aging affects temporal characteristics of speech. It is still a question how these changes occur in different speech styles which require various cognitive skills. In this paper speech rate, articulation rate, and pauses of 20 young and 20 old speakers are analyzed in four speech styles: spontaneous narrative, narrative recalls, a three-participant conversation, and reading aloud. Results show that age has a significant effect only on speech rate, articulation rate, and frequency of pauses. Speech style has a higher effect on temporal parameters than speakers' age.

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