Subject: Re: Statistics for word rate in natural speech From: "Huron, David" <huron.1@xxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2016 11:07:42 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>We have a wide tolerance for speech with "normal" paces ranging between 170 and 260 syllables per minute. (Yuan, Liberman & Cieri, 2006; Towards an integrated understanding of speaking rate in conversation. INTER SPEECH conference Proc.) Music exhibits an enormous range of lyrical pace. Judy Garland's rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" clocks in at a leisurely 64 syllables per minute. By contrast, in "Ms. Jackson" by OutKast, rapper Big Boi reaches an extraordinary 379 syllables per minute. -David Huron with Nat Condit-Schultz ________________________________________ From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception [AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx on behalf of Bruno L. Giordano [brungio@xxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 8:32 AM To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx Subject: Statistics for word rate in natural speech Hello, I am looking for published statistics on average word rate in natural speech (words/minute). Is there some golden standard reference for this? Thank you! Bruno ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bruno L. Giordano, PhD Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology 58 Hillhead Street, University of Glasgow Glasgow, G12 8QB, Scotland T +44 (0) 141 330 5484 Www: http://www.brunolgiordano.net Email charter: http://www.emailcharter.org/