Abstract
Speaking rates (SRs) and articulation rates (ARs) were calculated for monolingual English speakers and advanced ESL learners with Czech, French, and Japanese L1s; 64 speakers in total. Data were based on two reading tasks, a cartoon description, and a personal anecdote. Bilingual speakers did these tasks in both English and their respective L1s. Short excerpts were then taken from each English language sample (264 tokens plus 64 repeats) and played to 10 native English speakers who made scalar judgments on fluency and degree of accentedness. Judgments showed a wide range of correlation with SRs and ARs that varied among language group and task type. The influence of pause type, length, and frequency was also examined. The results suggest that cues to accent and fluency perception are multidetermined and that listeners weight these cues differentially. [Work supported by SSHRC.]
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