Quantitative Characterizations of Speech Rhythm: Syllable-Timing in Singapore English

Explores the acoustic nature of Singapore English. In directly comparable samples of British and Singapore English, two types of acoustic measurements were taken--calculation of a variability index reflecting changes in vowel length over utterances, and measurements reflecting vowel quality. Finding...

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Published in:Language and speech 2000-10, Vol.43 (4), p.377-401
Main Authors: Ling, Ee Low, Grabe, Esther, Nolan, Francis
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acoustic Phonetics
Adult
Contrastive Linguistics
Dialectology
English (British)
Female
Foreign Countries
Humans
Language Rhythm
Language Variation
Linguistics
Male
Multilingualism
Phonetics
Singapore
Sociolinguistics and ethnolinguistics
Speech Acoustics
Speech Production Measurement
Statistical Analysis
Syllables
Time Factors
United Kingdom
Vowels
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Summary:Explores the acoustic nature of Singapore English. In directly comparable samples of British and Singapore English, two types of acoustic measurements were taken--calculation of a variability index reflecting changes in vowel length over utterances, and measurements reflecting vowel quality. Findings provide acoustic data that support the hypothesized cross-varietal difference in rhythmic patterning. (Author/VWL)
ISSN:0023-8309
1756-6053
DOI:10.1177/00238309000430040301