KMID : 0917520060130030083
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Journal of Speech Sciences 2006 Volume.13 No. 3 p.83 ~ p.95
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Increase in Speaking Rate by 3~8-year-old Korean Children
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Kim Tae-Kyung
Chang Kyung-Hee Lee Phil-Young
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Abstract
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This study attempts to suggest a criterion of Korean language development. For this purpose we investigated speaking rates of the spontaneous utterances produced by 144 children, aged 3 to 8. We analyzed each subject¡¯s speaking rate and its relevance with speaker¡¯s age, gender and utterance length. To determine the relative contributions of variables to the speaking rate, multiple regression was conducted. Results of this study can be summarized as follows: (1) The mean and maximum values of the speaking rate increased with the growth of age. (2) A statistically significant increase in speaking rate appeared at two-year intervals. (3) There was no significant difference between male and female groups in the speaking rate. (4) The multiple regression analysis has shown that along with the speaker¡¯s age, the utterance length(the mean number of syllables per utterance) is also important in estimating the speaking rates.
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KEYWORD
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speaking rate, language acquisition, utterance length, syllables per second(SPS)
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