语音质量在澳大利亚英语英语
Debbie Loakes1, Adele Gregory2
1ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, Research Hub for Language in Forensic Evidence, School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.
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|June 13, 2023
概括
澳大利亚英语的语音质量差异很大. 澳大利亚土著英语说话者与澳大利亚主流英语说话者相比,表现出明显的音调和语音质量差异,揭示了新的语音变化.
科学领域:
- 语音学和声学语音学 声学和声学
- 社会语言学 社会语言学
- 澳大利亚英语方言学
背景情况:
- 在澳大利亚英语语音质研究是有限的.
- 对于语言分析来说,了解方言和地区的语言差异至关重要.
- 之前的研究并没有广泛比较原住民澳大利亚英语 (Aboriginal English) 和主流澳大利亚英语 (MAE) 的语音质量.
研究的目的:
- 通过声学研究和比较澳大利亚土著英语说话者和英语澳大利亚 (MAE) 说话者之间的语音质量.
- 确定两个方言群体之间的音调 (F0) 和光谱倾斜 (H1*-H2*) 等音调特征的显著差异.
- 探索方言和地理位置对澳大利亚英语语音质的影响.
主要方法:
- 对33位澳大利亚土著英语使用者和28位澳大利亚英语 (MAE) 使用者的语音录音进行声学分析.
- 测量基本频率 (F0) 以评估音调.
- 测量光谱倾斜 (H1*-H2*),以评估语音质量.
- 统计分析以确定基于方言和位置的显著差异.
主要成果:
- 在男性发言者中发现了F0 (音调) 的显著差异,区分了原住民英语和MAE.
- 在女性发言者中观察到H1*-H2* (语音质量) 的显著差异,因地理位置而异.
- 这项研究确定了澳大利亚英语语音质的以前未经记录的语音和社会语音变异.
结论:
- 方言和位置在塑造澳大利亚英语语音质方面发挥着重要作用.
- 与MAE相比,原住民英语表现出明显的声学特征,特别是在男性发言者中.
- 这项研究有助于更深入地了解澳大利亚英语中的社会声学多样性.
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