The effects of the acoustic properties of second language vowel production on pronunciation evaluation

Chris Sheppard

The effects of the acoustic properties of second language vowel production on pronunciation evaluation

Chris Sheppard^*

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School of Creative Science and Engineering

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Abstract

This study examines the acoustic characteristics which native speakers use as cues when judging speech samples. 17 words produced by 98 (15 native speakers and 83 Japanese learners of English) were collected and evaluated. Following this, the first three formants for each vowel produced were measured and used as independent variables in stepwise multiple regression analyses to explain variance in the evaluations. The results demonstrated that the formants did explain variance in evaluation in many but not all of the words (r² = 0.0 to .36).

Original language	English
Pages	201-204
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 2008
Event	2nd ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshop on Experimental Linguistics, ExLing 2008 - Athens, Greece Duration: 2008 Aug 25 → 2008 Aug 27

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Conference	2nd ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshop on Experimental Linguistics, ExLing 2008
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Athens
Period	08/8/25 → 08/8/27

Keywords

evaluation
formants
pronunciation
vowels

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Language and Linguistics
Linguistics and Language

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