Dear Linda,
You may be interested in the clear / conversational speech literature - "clear speech" is hyperarticulate speech directed toward listeners with hearing lossand there has been research on perception of clear speech by the following;
Ann Bradlow
Sarah Hargus Ferguson and Diane Kewley-Port
Picheny, Durlach, and Braida
I hope I have those last names right.
I'm sure there are others that I am forgetting right now, but that's a start!
Best,
Carrie
Carolyn Richie, PhD
Butler University
Communication Disorders Program
Department of Communication Studies
4600 Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46208
tel: 317 940 9493, fax: 317 940 8815
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Subject: Hyperarticulated speech
Yesterday I was talking to Mark Huckvale about the general belief among
non-linguists that if you include all the sounds that are supposed to be
there (i.e. saying [t e s t m ae tS] instead of [t e s m ae tS] or fully
pronouncing 'and'), but in everything you say, not just random phrases,
speech will be easier to understand. Offhand, we couldn't think of any
evidence that this is true. There are papers on times when people use
hyperarticulation (speaking to children, correcting misperceptions, etc),
but nothing on how easy the speech is to understand if someone
hyperarticulates all the time.
Does anyone have answers or evidence?
Thanks.
Linda Shockey
School of Languages and European Studies
University of Reading
Whiteknights, RG6 6AA
0118 - 378-7469
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