澳大利亚英语的元音分类中的社会声学变化
Debbie Loakes1, Josh Clothier1, John Hajek1
1School of Languages and Linguistics, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
Language and speech
|October 13, 2023
概括
澳大利亚英语的元音感知表现出区域差异,老年发言者和最南端的地区表现出更多的特定元音音的融合. 原住民英语听众也会以不同的方式感知元音.
科学领域:
- 语音学和语音学 语音学和语音学
- 社会语言学 社会语言学
- 声学分析 声学分析
背景情况:
- 调查澳大利亚英语母音类别边界的区域和社会变化.
- 专注于近前元音 (/ɪ e æ/) 和 /e æ/ 在代号 /l/ 语境中的前侧合并.
- 以前的研究表明,合并正在增加,但这项研究检查了当前的感知数据.
研究的目的:
- 调查澳大利亚英语母音类别边界的区域和社会变化.
- 在澳大利亚英语中分析前元音 (/ ɪ e æ /) 的感知分类.
- 为了比较主流和土著英语听众之间的感知.
主要方法:
- 感知分类任务使用前声母 / ɪ e æ / 的7步连续.
- 数据来自澳大利亚东南部四个地点的81名听众.
- 参与者包括主流澳大利亚英语使用者和L1原住民英语使用者.
主要成果:
- 证实了澳大利亚英语知觉的区域差异,南方地区的 /el/-/æl/ 融合更为普遍.
- 较年长的扬声器在几个位置显示出比较年轻的扬声器更多的元音合并,这与之前的假设相反.
- 与主流澳大利亚英语听众相比,土著英语听众表现出不同的感知模式.
结论:
- 澳大利亚英语的感知表现出显著的区域和社会差异.
- 年龄是元音合并流行的一个关键因素,老年发言者在某些地区的发言率更高.
- 这项研究提供了关于区域,年龄和社会背景在塑造澳大利亚英语语音学的复杂相互作用的新见解.
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