Analysis of text-reading speech produced by Japanese primary school children (age 6-12): Focus on Topic-Comment structure

• Japanese primary school children (ages 6-12) text-reading speech is analyzed. The reading time indicates that reading aloud fluency develops in two steps: between grades 1-2 and 3-4. Most children insert a pause after the topic particle wa, regardless of punctuation, which agrees with previously reported adult performance. In contrast, the intonation captured as F0 peak relation between Topic and Comment changes constantly along with the primary school years and is still far from those produced by adults.

Ämnesord

HUMANIORA  -- Språk och litteratur -- Jämförande språkvetenskap och allmän lingvistik (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Languages and Literature -- General Language Studies and Linguistics (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

text-reading speech

Topic-Comment structure

pause insertion

intonation

F0 peak relation

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