Speech rate and pauses in non-native Finnish. Toivola, M., Lennes, M., & Aho, E. 2009.
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In this study, the temporal aspects of speech are compared in read-aloud Finnish produced by six native and 16 non-native speakers. It is shown that the speech and articulation rates as well as pause durations are different for native and non-native speakers. Moreover, differences exist between the groups of speakers representing four different non-native languages. Surprisingly, the native Finnish speakers tend to make longer pauses than the non-natives. The results are relevant when developing methods for assessing fluency or the strength of foreign accent.
@conference {Toivola09,
	title = {Speech rate and pauses in non-native Finnish},
	booktitle = {Interspeech 2009, Brighton, U.K.},
	year = {2009},
	pages = {1707{\textendash}1710},
	publisher = {International Speech Communication Association},
	organization = {International Speech Communication Association},
	abstract = {In this study, the temporal aspects of speech are compared in read-aloud Finnish produced by six native and 16 non-native speakers. It is shown that the speech and articulation rates as well as pause durations are different for native and non-native speakers. Moreover, differences exist between the groups of speakers representing four different non-native languages. Surprisingly, the native Finnish speakers tend to make longer pauses than the non-natives. The results are relevant when developing methods for assessing fluency or the strength of foreign accent.},
	keywords = {Finnish, foreign accent, L2, pause, speech rate, temporal},
	author = {Minnaleena Toivola and Mietta Lennes and Eija Aho}
}

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