Automated Analysis of Spoken Language: A Gender Comparison

Terry Hallett; James Steiger

doi:10.31686/ijier.vol3.iss5.353

Authors

Terry Hallett University of Akron, USA
James Steiger University of Akron, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol3.iss5.353

Abstract

We studied the number of words spoken by adult males versus females throughout a six-hour day and during three structured monologues. The six-hour samples were captured and analyzed using an automated speech monitoring and assessment system. The three monologues required different language tasks, and analyses of syntactic and semantic complexity were performed for each. There were no significant gender differences except during a reminiscent monologue when males spoke significantly more words and sentences than females. These results conflict with past research and popular (mis)conceptions.

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