Meghan Moran

Perceptions, Evaluations, and Linguistic Features of Arizona Teachers Speech

Linguistic Analyses
Phonological Analysis

Grammatical Analysis

Segmentals
Consonant
substitutions
Vowel substitutions
Simplification of
consonant clusters
Linking errors
Epenthesis
Vowel deletion
Consonant deletion
Incorrect word stress
Absence of postvocalic retroflex r
Presence of trilled r
Absence of flap
Rhythm
Vowel duration
Spectral patterning
Pitch Height
Prominence
Number of prominent
syllables per tone unit
Stress Measures
Space
Pace

Global Accuracy
Percentage of errorfree c-units
Grammatical Complexity
Verb-phrase ratio
Dependent clause ratio
Categorization of
specific errors

Intonation

Lexical Analysis

Types
Tokens
Type-token ratio
K1
K2
Academic Word List
(AWL)

Fluency Analysis
Pause Measures
Number of silent
pauses
Mean length of pauses
Number of filled
pauses
Mean length of filled
pauses
Speech Rate
Articulation Rate