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Non-native speech recognition sentences: A new materials set for non-native speech perception research

Stringer, L; Iverson, P; (2019) Non-native speech recognition sentences: A new materials set for non-native speech perception research. Behavior Research Methods 10.3758/s13428-019-01251-z. Green open access

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Abstract

Research into non-native (L2) speech perception has increased the need for specialized experimental materials. The Non-Native Speech Recognition (NNSR) sentences are a new large-scale set of speech recognition materials for research with L2 speakers of English at CEFR level B1 (North, Ortega, & Sheehan, 2010) and above. The set comprises 439 triplets of sentences in three related conditions: semantically predictable, neutral, and anomalous. The sentences were created by combining a strongly or weakly contextually constrained sentence frame with a congruent or anomalous final keyword, and they were matched on a number of factors during development, to maintain consistency across conditions. This article describes the development process of the NNSR sentences, along with results of speech-in-noise intelligibility testing for L2 and native English speakers. Suggestions for the sentences' application in a range of investigations and experimental designs are also discussed.

Type: Article
Title: Non-native speech recognition sentences: A new materials set for non-native speech perception research
Location: United States
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-019-01251-z
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-019-01251-z
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © The Author(s) 2019. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
Keywords: L2 speech perception, Stimulus set
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Speech, Hearing and Phonetic Sciences
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10074094
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