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Peer reviewedTaruoza, Steve; Allison, Desmond – Applied Linguistics, 1990
It is suggested that the most widely-known estimate of English speech rates, based on the speech of radio announcers, and a comparison of English and French radio announcer speech rates do not represent a truly standard range of speech rates. An alternative range is proposed. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Comparative Analysis, English, Language Patterns
