Abstract
This paper reports on an acoustic phonetic study of the VC rhyme in two Australian English dialects. The aim is to examine the timing features of the rhyme to determine the extent to which characteristics of Arabic predict differences between the two dialects. Eight speakers of Standard Australian English and seven of Lebanese Australian English were recorded using a standard word list task. Results show significant dialect specific timing differences which are dependent on vowel quantity and coda voicing. The results suggest that Lebanese Arabic prosodic constraints may have become ethnolinguistically functionalised in this new AusE dialect.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 17th international congress of phonetic sciences ICPhS XVII, 17-21 August 2011, Hong Kong |
| Editors | Wai-Sum Lee |
| Place of Publication | Hong Kong |
| Publisher | City University |
| Pages | 528-531 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789624423419 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
| Event | International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (17th : 2011) - Hong Kong Duration: 17 Aug 2011 → 21 Aug 2011 |
Conference
| Conference | International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (17th : 2011) |
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| City | Hong Kong |
| Period | 17/08/11 → 21/08/11 |
Keywords
- Australian English
- coda consonants
- duration
- VC rhyme
- vowel duration
- voicing