An acoustic analysis of voice quality in London English: the effect of gender, ethnicity and f0

Anita Szakay; Eivind Nessa Torgersen

An acoustic analysis of voice quality in London English: the effect of gender, ethnicity and f0

Anita Szakay, Eivind Nessa Torgersen

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Abstract

This study investigates voice quality in London
English, using acoustic features such as harmonic structure (H1 H2) and fundamental frequency (f0). We compare the speech of 28 Inner London Hackney speakers of Anglo and non-Anglo background with the speech of 14 Outer London Anglo speakers from Havering. The results reveal that voice quality and pitch significantly differ between the two locations, where Inner London speech is lower in pitch, yet more breathy in voice quality. This suggests that the H1-H2 measure is not necessarily dependent on global f0 values.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICPhS2015
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences
Editors	The Scottish Consortium for ICPhS 2015
Place of Publication	Glasgow, Scotland
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9780852619414
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Congresses of Phonetic Sciences (18th : 2015) - Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 10 Aug 2015 → 14 Aug 2015

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Name	ICPhS Proceedings
Publisher	International Phonetic Association
ISSN (Electronic)	241-0669

Conference

Conference	International Congresses of Phonetic Sciences (18th : 2015)
Abbreviated title	ICPhS 2015
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Glasgow
Period	10/08/15 → 14/08/15

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Keywords

voice quality
MLE
H1-H2
ethnicity
gender
pitch

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Szakay, A & Torgersen, EN 2015, An acoustic analysis of voice quality in London English: the effect of gender, ethnicity and f0. in The Scottish Consortium for ICPhS 2015 (ed.), ICPhS2015: Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences., 996, ICPhS Proceedings, Glasgow, Scotland, International Congresses of Phonetic Sciences (18th : 2015), Glasgow, United Kingdom, 10/08/15.

An acoustic analysis of voice quality in London English: the effect of gender, ethnicity and f0. / Szakay, Anita; Torgersen, Eivind Nessa.
ICPhS2015: Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. ed. / The Scottish Consortium for ICPhS 2015. Glasgow, Scotland, 2015. 996 (ICPhS Proceedings).

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An acoustic analysis of voice quality in London English: the effect of gender, ethnicity and f0

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