Abstract
![CDATA[Research on various dialects of English has demonstrated the existence of so-called near-mergers. The present study examines the identification and discrimination of the vowels of Western Sydney Australian English, for which no such mergers have been previously documented. We find evidence for perceptual confusion of /i/-/Iə/ (in /hVbə/), despite significant acoustic differences in productions of these two vowels. This meets the defining features of a near-merger.]]
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Interspeech 2008: Proceedings of the 9th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, incorporating SST 2008, held in Brisbane, Qld. 22-26 September, 2008 |
Publisher | Causal Productions |
Number of pages | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 2008 |
Event | International Speech Communication Association. Conference - Duration: 9 Sept 2012 → … |
Conference
Conference | International Speech Communication Association. Conference |
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Period | 9/09/12 → … |
Keywords
- North Sydney (N.S.W.)
- English language
- Australia
- New South Wales
- vowels
- Western Sydney (N.S.W.)
- education
- speech perception
- Centre for Western Sydney