臺灣博碩士論文加值系統

本論文旨在探討台灣健康成人於華語連續性語料上的言語表現。以台灣北部、
中部、南部與東部介於20-85 歲的235 名健康成人為研究對象，錄製其唸讀五到十
三字詞語句及短文的言語樣本後，以項目辨識法逐字轉錄進而計算出一般成人於華
語連續性語料的言語清晰度、言語理解度、句子說話速率、短文說話速率、言語清
晰度效率及言語理解度效率等數值。研究結果顯示，在組間比較上，不同年齡組、
不同慣用語組的健康成人於上述測驗項目均達顯著差異（p< .05）；而性別於各測驗
項目上則無顯著差異。在組內比較上，一般成人的句子語速皆較短文語速為快
（p< .05）；此外，一般成人無論唸讀任何不同長度語句時，均能維持其言語清晰度、
言語理解度與說話速率；而長句言語表現能有效預測言語清晰度，言語清晰度能有
效預測言語理解度。整體而言，本研究結果顯示一般成人的言語清晰度與理解度會
因年齡或慣用語的影響而改變，但性別、唸讀材料的長度多寡則不造成影響。此結
果期可作為臨床人員於成人言語障礙評估、治療及學術研究的參考依據。

This study aims to investigate the speech performance on the continuous speech
sample of Mandarin-speaking Taiwanese adults. Two hundred and thirty-five healthy
adults (M: 120; F: 115) from the northern, middle, southern and eastern Taiwan, aged
above 20 years old (mean age: 55.31±19.19), have been recruited as the study participants.
Based on the confounding factors, the participants were then subgrouped by age, sex, and
the language of habitual use. They all required to read eighteen sentences in varied word
length and a short essay under the simultaneous recording procedure. Two qualified
speech pathologist blind in the study as the analyzers took charge of transcribing speech
samples. Data thereafter were calculated and analyzed based on the study parameters
including speech intelligibility and its efficiency, comprehensibility and its efficiency, and
speaking rate (both in sentences and a short essay). The result showed a significant
difference across all parameters among subgroups in age and the language of habitual use
(p< .05), except sex. In the within-group comparisons, the speaking rate of sentences is
faster than those in the essay’s reading (p< .05). The intelligibility, comprehensibility, and
speaking rate are all found to be free of the length effect by the sentences. The longer
sentences (11-13-word sentences) speech performance is computationally selected as the
best predictor for intelligibility. In addition, intelligibility is the best predictor for
comprehensibility. To sum up, the performance of intelligibility and comprehensibility of
the healthy adults varies depending on the age and/or the language used in proficiency,
but not by the gender and the length of reading material. Details would be discussed in
the chapters. The results will provide information for clinicians while treating adult
patients in judgments of speech assessment and as for the research references.

致謝 ........................................................................................................................................................ I
論文摘要 .............................................................................................................................................. II
ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................................................... III
目錄 ..................................................................................................................................................... IV
表次 ..................................................................................................................................................... VI
圖次 ................................................................................................................................................... VII
第一章 緒論 ......................................................................................................................................... 1
第二章 文獻探討 ................................................................................................................................. 7
第一節 言語清晰度、言語理解度及其效率的定義與關係 ............................................. 7
第二節 言語清晰度、言語理解度及其效率的影響因素探討 ....................................... 11
第三節 言語清晰度、言語理解度及其效率的評估 ....................................................... 21
第四節 言語清晰度、言語理解度及其效率相關研究之現況 ....................................... 28
第五節 研究目的與問題 ................................................................................................... 29
第三章 研究方法 ............................................................................................................................... 31
第一節 研究設計 ............................................................................................................... 31
第二節 研究對象 ............................................................................................................... 33
第三節 研究工具 ............................................................................................................... 40
第四節 研究程序 ............................................................................................................... 52
第五節 資料處理及分析 ................................................................................................... 55
第四章 研究結果 ............................................................................................................................... 67
第一節 成人於句子說話速率、短文說話速率的表現與差異 ....................................... 67
第二節 成人於言語清晰度、言語理解度及其效率的表現與差異 ............................... 76
第三節 不同字詞長度語句的執行表現分析 ................................................................... 85
第四節 不同字詞長度語句、言語理解度與言語清晰度之相關與迴歸分析 ............... 90
第五章 討論與建議 ........................................................................................................................... 96
第一節 成人於說話速率的表現與差異探討 ............................................................... 96
第二節 成人於言語清晰度、言語理解度及其效率的表現與差異探討.................. 102
第三節 不同字詞長度語句對言語清晰度、言語理解度的影響探討...................... 107
第四節 不同字詞長度語句、言語理解度與言語清晰度之相關與預測探討 .......... 109
第六章 結論 ..................................................................................................................................... 112
第一節 研究發現 ............................................................................................................. 112
第二節 研究限制與研究建議 ......................................................................................... 113
參考文獻 ........................................................................................................................................... 115
附錄 ................................................................................................................................................... 128
附錄一：語句熟悉度分析 ............................................................................................... 129
附錄二：人體試驗計畫核准函與同意書 ....................................................................... 134
附錄三：個案基本資料表 ............................................................................................... 145
附錄四：社經地位量表 ................................................................................................... 146
附錄五：施測句子呈現方式舉例 ................................................................................... 147
附錄六：言語清晰度、理解度轉錄紀錄單 ................................................................... 149
附錄七：國語短文 ........................................................................................................... 150
附錄八：台灣國語語音偏誤類型與型態舉例 ............................................................... 151
附錄九：迴歸分析摘要 ................................................................................................... 152

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