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Hesitation Phenomena as
Sources of Perceptual Errors for Non-native Speakers
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Bernd Voss
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| Abstract |
| The object of the study is an analysis
of the perceptual problems of non-native speakers of English. Of particular interest
is the influence of the hesitation phenomena normal in spontaneous speech on the
perception process. Twenty-two subjects were asked to (orthographically) transcribe a
stretch of spontaneous speech. These transcripts were analysed and compared with a
standardized version. The results support the view that perception resembles a
matching process between the listener's projection and the incoming acoustic information.
No typical differnces were found between the perception strategies of native speakers and
non-native speakers. Hesitation phenomena were found to be important sources of
perceptual problems for the non-native speakers. |
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| Voss, B. 1979
Hesitation Phenomena as Sources of Perceptual Errors for Non-native Speakers. In Language
and Speech 22/2: 129-144. |
Key points relevant to the study of filled pauses
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