Acquiring allophony: GOOSE and SCHOOL vowels in the speech of Australian children

Felicity Cox; Andy Gibson; Joshua Penney

Acquiring allophony: GOOSE and SCHOOL vowels in the speech of Australian children

Felicity Cox, Andy Gibson, Joshua Penney

Department of Linguistics

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Abstract

The fronting of GOOSE has occurred in many varieties of English. In Australian English (AusE), prelateral tokens of GOOSE (referred to here with a lexical set label, SCHOOL) are the exception, and have become backed in recent generations. This study investigates the speech of 149 Australian children sampled through an online picture naming task over three timepoints, as they transition from preschool to school. Many children in the corpus speak a language other than English (LOTE) in the home. Higher levels of LOTE-usage are associated with less fronted (non- prelateral) GOOSE vowels. With respect to age, we find that while GOOSE does not appear to change across real-time, SCHOOL backs with increasing age. Additionally, children who have an older sibling show more retracted SCHOOL vowels. These findings suggest that SCHOOL-backing is an ongoing sound change, that may be subject to incrementation as children begin vernacular reorganisation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Intermingling communities and changing cultures
Subtitle of host publication	proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS)
Editors	Radek Skarnitzl, Jan Volín
Place of Publication	Prague, Czechia
Publisher	Guarant International
Pages	3750–3754
Number of pages	5
Edition	2nd
ISBN (Electronic)	9788090811423
Publication status	Published - Aug 2023
Event	International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (20th : 2023) - Prague, Czech Republic Duration: 7 Aug 2023 → 11 Aug 2023

Conference

Conference	International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (20th : 2023)
Abbreviated title	ICPhS 2023
Country/Territory	Czech Republic
City	Prague
Period	7/08/23 → 11/08/23

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Keywords

Australian English
child speech
GOOSE fronting
sound change
diversity

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Cox, Felicity ; Gibson, Andy ; Penney, Joshua. / Acquiring allophony : GOOSE and SCHOOL vowels in the speech of Australian children. Intermingling communities and changing cultures: proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS). editor / Radek Skarnitzl ; Jan Volín. 2nd. ed. Prague, Czechia : Guarant International, 2023. pp. 3750–3754

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Cox, F , Gibson, A & Penney, J 2023, Acquiring allophony: GOOSE and SCHOOL vowels in the speech of Australian children. in R Skarnitzl & J Volín (eds), Intermingling communities and changing cultures: proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS). 2nd edn, 1072, Guarant International, Prague, Czechia, pp. 3750–3754, International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (20th : 2023), Prague, Czech Republic, 7/08/23.

Acquiring allophony: GOOSE and SCHOOL vowels in the speech of Australian children. / Cox, Felicity ; Gibson, Andy ; Penney, Joshua.
Intermingling communities and changing cultures: proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS). ed. / Radek Skarnitzl; Jan Volín. 2nd. ed. Prague, Czechia: Guarant International, 2023. p. 3750–3754 1072.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

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Acquiring allophony: GOOSE and SCHOOL vowels in the speech of Australian children

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Children's speech, community diversity and the emergence of sound change

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