Abstract
Five vowels/i, ϵ, æ,α (or α), u/ in isolated /CVC/ words produced by 7 American English (AmE) and 6 Australian English (AusE) talkers were examined with a view to documenting acoustic-phonetic similarities and differences between the two accent types. The effect of Accent was significant on all vowels for at least one of the first two formants. The AusE vowel space was much more compressed relative to the AmE vowel space. In both varieties, however, within-category clustering was quite good, suggesting that these talkers' productions were fairly consistent within their respective vowel systems. Although the two groups differed considerably in vowel quality, they were quite similar in vowel duration.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 7th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, ICSLP 2002 |
| Place of Publication | Baixas, France |
| Publisher | International Speech Communication Association |
| Pages | 2257-2260 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 7th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, ICSLP 2002 - Denver, United States Duration: 16 Sept 2002 → 20 Sept 2002 |
Other
| Other | 7th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, ICSLP 2002 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Denver |
| Period | 16/09/02 → 20/09/02 |