Perceptions of Speaker's Age in Natural Conversation in Japanese and English

Looks at two sets of complementary experimental data to consider whether listeners can determine the age of a speaker from hearing a voice sample. The experiments conducted involved speech samples from natural conversations; parallel studies were done in the United States, using native speakers and...

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Published inLanguage sciences (Oxford) Vol. 14; no. 1-2; p. 77
Main Author Benjamin, Gail R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 1992
Subjects
Age
Language Research
Listening Comprehension
Native Speakers
Speech Communication
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Summary:Looks at two sets of complementary experimental data to consider whether listeners can determine the age of a speaker from hearing a voice sample. The experiments conducted involved speech samples from natural conversations; parallel studies were done in the United States, using native speakers and situations and native speakers as experimental subjects in each country. (six references) (JL)
ISSN:0388-0001
DOI:10.1016/0388-0001(92)90014-6