Dynamic acoustic properties of monophthongs and diphthongs in Western Sydney Australian English

J Acoust Soc Am. 2016 Jul;140(1):576. doi: 10.1121/1.4952387.

Abstract

This study provides a thorough acoustic analysis of the 18 Australian English monophthongs and diphthongs produced in a variety of phonetic contexts by young adult speakers from Western Sydney. The 18 vowels are well separated by duration and dynamic formant trajectory information. Vowel durations and formant trajectories were affected by the consonantal context in which the vowels were produced, particularly those produced in the /hVd/ context. Finally, the results indicate that capturing aspects of vowel inherent spectral change may be useful in future cross-dialectal and cross-linguistic studies.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Language
  • Male
  • New South Wales
  • Phonation / physiology*
  • Speech Acoustics*
  • Speech Production Measurement*
  • Young Adult