RATE OF SPEAKING (RESPONSES TO HEARD STIMULI). III. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND REPEATED PHRASES FOR SPEAKERS WITH VARIOUS NORMAL RATES.
Abstract
An evaluation of the effect of normal speech rate on the relationship between the rate of repeated phrases and the rate of the original phrases was undertaken. Twenty-five subjects were divided into five equal groups on the basis of time taken to read a list of meaningful phrases and sentences. Five lists of phrases, comparable in all respects save rate, were presented to each subject, who was instructed to repeat each phrase in a natural manner. Analysis of the durations of the repeated phrases indicated that original phrase rate influenced the response rates of subjects in the three faster speaking groups in a more uniform way than it influenced the less fluent subjects; there was a definite relationship between rates of original and repeated phrases for the fast-speaking groups and for the slow-speaking groups. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 23, 1949
- Accession Number
- AD0622156
Entities
People
- Charles Lightfoot
Organizations
- Kenyon College