Listeners' reactions to mild misarticulation of /l/.
Adult listeners heard a 98-word recording of a speaker producing either normal speech, speech containing a single instance of a w/l substitution, or speech containing 10 instances of a w/l substitution. They rated the speaker on 13 bipolar scales, representing three dimensions of judgment. Findings suggest that even a single misarticulation of /l/ was sufficient to generate a negative impression on the dimension of evaluation. Speech with only a single misarticulation was rated as no different from normal speech on dimensions of activity and potency.
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Department of Communication Disorders, Bowling Green State University, OH 43403.
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D000328:Adult; D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D001288:Attention; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D010700:Phonetics; D013065:Speech Intelligibility; D013067:Speech Perception; D013068:Speech Production Measurement