• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.79-90
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• 2014

An intonation curve stylization was used for an acoustical analysis of English speech. For the analysis, acoustical feature values were extracted from 1,848 utterances produced with normal and fast speech rate by 28 (12 women and 16 men) native speakers of English. Men are found to speak faster than women at normal speech rate but no difference is found between genders at fast speech rate. Analysis of pitch point features has it that fast speech has greater Pt (pitch point movement time), Pr (pitch point pitch range), and Pd (pitch point distance) but smaller Ps (pitch point slope) than normal speech. Men show greater Pt, Pr, and Pd than women. Analysis of sentence level features reveals that fast speech has smaller Sr (sentence level pitch range), Sd (sentence duration), and Max (maximum pitch) but greater Ss (sentence slope) than normal speech. Women show greater Sr, Ss, Sp (pitch difference between the first pitch point and the last), Sd, MaxNr (normalized Max), and MinNr (normalized Min) than men. As speech rate increases, women speak with greater Ss and Sr than men.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.81-88
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• 2014

The normal aging process on speech production and these changes are perceived by listeners. This study examined whether age perception changed under various conditions of prosodic manipulations in normal listeners, comparing the prosodic changes according to age and sex in adulthood. The older and younger voices were resynthesized by manipulation of the speaking rate and pitch to shift the perceived age of the groups toward each other. Two-way repeated ANOVA were conducted to determine if the prosodic type of resynthesized cue resulted in a significant shift in perceived age of young and old voices. The manipulation of the speaking rate resulted in a significant shift in perceived age for the older and younger groups. A significant shift in age estimates was not observed for the younger male group when pitch was manipulated. There were significant gender-by-age group interactions for prosodic manipulation type. Age-related changes in the prosodic properties of speech may ultimately influence speech perception.

• 정보교육학회논문지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.323-332
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• 2016

로봇의 발음인식과 진단 그리고 발음빠르기는 로봇보조언어교육의 가장 중요한 상호작용이다. 이 연구는 한국인 초등 영어 학습자를 위하여 음율적 오류를 수정함으로써 원어민과 같은 억양을 산출하기 위한 로봇음성합성기의 효과성을 측정하기 위한 것이다. 이를 위해 초등 4학년 영어학습자들의 F0 범위값과 발화 속도라는 음성음향적 변수를 측정하여 분석하였고, 그 결과를 정규 영어교육의 시작하지 않은 1학년 학습자와 비교하였다. 로봇음성합성기를 활용한 언어학습에서 두 집단은 F0값보다 발화속도 변인에 반응하였다.

• 음성과학
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.93-103
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• 2002

The purpose of this study was to establish preliminary data on the speech rates in groups of normal speaking adults and children. The results of the present study are intended to serve as clinical measurement guidelines for diagnosis, assessment, treatment planning, and therapy progresses of stuttering. Thirty-one adults (16 females, 15 males), aged 18-30 years and thirty normally developing children (15 females, 15 males), aged 8-10, participated in the study. The subjects' reading of the Stroll (Jeong, 1994) passage and l-minute portion of talking about the daily routine were sampled. The adult speakers had rates of $308.29\pm22.57$ syllables per minute (SPM) or $108.06\pm6.17$ words per minute (WPM) during reading, and $252.87\pm40.86$ SPM and $92.26\pm17.12$ WPM during talking. The children had rates of $176.67\pm33.65$ SPM or $64.07\pm12.62$ WPM during reading, and $149.30\pm33.14$ SPM and $56.60\pm11.36$ WPM during talking. The results of t-tests for reading and talking tasks in adults showed that SPM in reading (t=2.211, p< .05) and WPM in talking (t=-2.284, p< .05) differed significantly by the gender. To answer the questions whether the rate is different across children' s gender and age, a two-way ANOVA was performed. Both SPM and WPM in reading tasks were significantly different between groups of children aged 8 and 10 (p< 01), In speaking tasks, both SPM and WPM were significantly different between groups of children aged 8 and 10, and between 9 and 10.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2012

The purposes of this paper is to study the characteristics of compared to the speakers voice without depression and speakers with depression, and to propose a objective method for the measurement of the therapeutic effects as well as for diagnostics of depression based on the characteristics. The voice samples obtained from 11 female speakers with depression, aged from 20 to 40, diagnosed as having major depressive disorder by an psychiatrist were compared with those from 12 normal controls with matched sex, age, height, weight, education, smoking, and drinking. The voice samples are taken by a portable digital recorder(TASCAM DR-07, Japan) and analysed using the MDVP(Multi-Dimentional Voice Program) software module from CSL(Computerized Speech Lab, kay elemetrics, co, model 4100). The result of the investigation are as following. First, the average speaking fundamental frequency and loudness range of the speakers with depression group was statistically significantly lower than that of the control group. The pitch range of the control group was rather higher than that of the speakers with depression group, but without statistical significance. Overall speech rates have no statistical difference between two groups. Second, the average speaking fundamental frequency and loudness range have statistically significant negative correlation with Beck Depression Inventory, i. e. more severe depression exhibits lower average speaking fundamental frequency and loudness range. Other vocal parameters such as pitch range and overall speech rate have no statistically meaningful correlations with Beck Depression Inventory.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.29-38
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• 2022

이 연구는 국립국어원 일상 대화 음성 코퍼스(2020)에서 나타나는 발화를 분석하여 발화 속도 및 말차례 교체 빈도가 운율 단위 변화에 어떤 영향을 끼치는지 밝히는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 분석 결과, 발화 속도가 증가할수록 억양구, 어절 빈도, 발화 길이가 증가하는 양의 상관관계를 보였으나 상관관계가 낮았고, 회귀모형의 적합도는 3%-11%로 설명력이 약했다. 말차례 교체 빈도에 따른 평균 발화 속도는 유의미한 차이가 있었고, 말차례 교체 빈도가 증가할수록 발화 속도는 감소하였다. 또한 말차례 교체 빈도가 증가할수록 억양구 및 어절 빈도와 발화 길이는 감소하였으며 높은 음의 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 회귀 모형의 적합도는 27%-32%로 계산되었다. 말차례 교체 빈도가 발화 속도와 운율 단위를 변화시키는 요인으로 작용했을 수 있다. 이는 대화체에서 나타나는 비유창성, 말차례 교체 특성, 화자 간 활발한 상호작용 등이 영향을 미쳤을 것이라 추측된다.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.401-406
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• 2002

한국어 숫자는 모두 단음절로 이루어져 있으며, 연속적으로 발음될 때 인접 숫자들의 상호조음현상에 의해 각 숫자의 고유 발음이 변화하고, 또한 그 숫자들의 경계도 모호해지는 문제점이 있다. 이러한 문제점들과 더불어 배경잡음이나 채널에 의한 왜곡에 따른 문제점들로 인해 한국어 연결숫자의 인식 성능은 만족스럽지 못한 것이 현실이다. 본 논문에서는 연결숫자의 인식성능 향상을 위해서 한국어 숫자들의 음운변화를 고려하여 유사음소 (phonelike units: PLUs)군을 정의하고, 사용자의 여러 가지 발성형태에 따른 다양한 음운 현상의 변화를 흡수할 수 있도록 인식 시스템을 구성하는 방식을 검토하였다. 전화망 4연숫자를 이용한 화자독립 인식 실험을 수행한 결과 제안된 방법의 숫자열 인식률은 상태당 믹스쳐 (mixture) 개수가 1인 경우 83.2%로, 기준 시스템 (baseline)에 대한 오류감소률이 7.2%였고 가장 높은 성능을 나타낸 믹스쳐 개수가 11인 경우 숫자열 인식률은 91.8% 오류감소율은 4.7%였다.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.37-47
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• 2022

본 연구의 목적은 정상 성인 화자의 연령세대에 따른 말 산출의 시간적 특성 간에 유의한 차이가 있는지를 분석하고, 말 산출 변수들 중에서 청년 화자와 노년 화자를 유의하게 분류할 수 있는 변수가 무엇인지 살펴보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 청년, 장년, 노년의 말속도(전체 말속도, 조음속도)와 발화당 쉼 빈도, 쉼 지속시간, 쉼의 실현 위치를 살펴보았다. 국립국어원에서 배포하는 오픈 코퍼스인 서울말 낭독 발화 말뭉치에서 청년층, 장년층, 노년층 각 10명씩 총 30명 화자의 발화를 선별해 말 산출의 시간적 특성을 분석하였다. 그 결과, 전체 말속도, 조음속도, 전체 쉼 빈도, 어절 간 쉼 빈도, 전체 쉼 지속시간, 어절 간 쉼 지속시간에 집단 간 유의한 차이가 발생했다. 사후 검정 결과, 장년층이 청년층보다, 노년층이 청년층보다 느린 말속도, 잦은 쉼 빈도, 긴 쉼 지속시간을 보였다. 반면 정상 성인에게서는 부적절한 쉼인 어절 내 쉼 빈도, 어절 내 쉼 지속시간에는 집단 간 유의한 차이가 없었다. 이중 청년층과 노년층을 유의하게 구별하는 변수는 전체 말속도로 나타났다. 노년층이 한 번 쉼을 가질 때 청·장년층과 비슷한 길이지만, 훨씬 더 빈번하게 가진다는 것을 보여주었다. 이러한 결과는 연령세대에 따라 말 산출의 시간적 특성에 변화가 나타난다는 것을 시사한다.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.3-10
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• 2013

This study investigated the rhythmic accommodation of Korean English learners' interlanguage talk. Twelve Korean speakers, 6 native English speakers and 6 non-native English speakers in London participated in multiple conversations on different topics which produced 36 conversational data in interlanguage talk (ILT) settings. 190 utterances from the 36 conversational data were analyzed to investigate the rhythmic patterns of Korean English learners when they communicated with English speakers with different language backgrounds. Save for the final-syllable, the normalized duration of consecutive syllables was compared in order to derive a variability index (VI). It was found that there was no significant variability in the measurement of the syllable-to-syllable duration for the utterances of Korean English learners, regardless of their interlocutor's language background. Conversely, it was found that there was evidence that Korean English learners showed rhythmic accommodation in ILT when they conversed with non-native English speakers. The speaking rate became significantly slower when Korean English learners talked to non-native English speakers, than when they talked to other Korean English learners. Furthermore, there was a negative correlation between speaking rate and the VI in the utterances of Korean English learners in ILT.

• 한국어교육
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.345-363
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to compare the speech rate of advanced Korean(L2) learners and Korean native speakers in spontaneous utterances. Specifically, the current study investigated the difference of the two groups' speech pattern according to utterance length. Eight advanced Korean(L2) learners and eight Korean native speakers participated in this study. The data were collected by recording their conversation and physical measurements (speaking rate, articulatory rates, pause and several types of speech disfluency) were taken on extracted 120 utterances from 12 out of the 16 participants. The findings show that advanced Korean learners' speech pattern is similar to that of Koreans in the short-length utterance. However, in the long-length utterance, two groups show different speech patterns; while the articulatory rate of Korean native speakers increased in the long-length utterance, that of Korean learners decreased. This suggests that the frequency of speech disfluency factors might affect this result.