An Exploratory analysis of individual variation in schwa epenthesis in Flemish Dutch and Scottish English
This study examines schwa epenthesis as it occurs in Flemish Dutch and Scottish English from a forensic phonetic perspective in terms of the potential it exhibits for speaker comparison purposes, as prior investigations have shown that sociolinguistic variables-such as schwa insertion-may also revea...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis de maestría |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:232048 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/232048 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Fonètica Neerlandès flamenc Anglès escocès Fonètica forense Vocal neutra Schwa epenthesis Flemish Dutch Scottish English Forensic phonetics Individual variation |
| Sumario: | This study examines schwa epenthesis as it occurs in Flemish Dutch and Scottish English from a forensic phonetic perspective in terms of the potential it exhibits for speaker comparison purposes, as prior investigations have shown that sociolinguistic variables-such as schwa insertion-may also reveal individual speaker variability. An analysis of spontaneous speech samples for two homogeneous groups of speakers revealed that schwa epenthesis in Flemish showed higher inter-speaker variability than in Scottish English. This suggests that while Flemish schwa insertion may potentially be suitable for use in forensic phonetic environments, this process in Scottish English is not. |
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