Uses of the Diagnostic Rhyme Test (English Version) for Predicting the Effects of Communicators' Linguistic Backgrounds on Voice Communications in English: An Exploratory Study
Abstract
Recordings of Diagnostic Rhyme Test (DRT) materials by native talkers of English (American), German and French were presented under undegraded and degraded conditions to English speaking listening crews of three national origins: American, German and French. The results were analyzed for the effects of the talker's native language, the listener's native language and all permutations of the two on scores yielded by the DRT. With undegraded speech, the total number of errors was lowest when the talkers were American, regardless of the nationality of the listeners, and when the listeners were American, regardless of the nationality of the talkers. On average, French talkers yielded the lowest DRT scores, but the interaction of talker nationality and listener nationality was significant Errors of discrimination with respect to voicing, sustention, sibilation and graveness occurred most often.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADP010386
Entities
People
- William D. Voiers