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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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