Evidence of a near-merger in Western Sydney Australian English vowels

Rikke L. Bundgaard-Nielsen, Catherine T. Best, Michael D. Tyler, Christian Kroos

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    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 languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationInterspeech 2008: Proceedings of the 9th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, incorporating SST 2008, held in Brisbane, Qld. 22-26 September, 2008
    PublisherCausal Productions
    Number of pages1
    Publication statusPublished - 2008
    EventInternational Speech Communication Association. Conference -
    Duration: 9 Sept 2012 → …

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Speech Communication Association. Conference
    Period9/09/12 → …

    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

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