Fluency in non-native read and spontaneous speech

DiSS-LPSS Joint Workshop 2010 - The 5th Workshop on Disfluency in Spontaneous Speech and the 2nd International Symposium on Linguistic Patterns in Spontaneous Speech

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 15-18

  Cucchiarini, Catia ^a   van Doremalen, Joost ^a   Strik, Helmer ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

fluency; non native speech; temporal measures

Indexed keywords

SPEECH;

FLUENCY; LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY; NON-NATIVE; NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS; NON-NATIVE SPEECH; OBJECTIVE MEASURE; SECOND LANGUAGE; SPONTANEOUS SPEECH; TEMPORAL ASPECTS; TEMPORAL MEASURE;

LINGUISTICS;

EID: 84906258180     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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