1. Voice quality in Australian English
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Deborah Loakes and Adele Gregory
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health - Abstract
This study is an acoustic investigation of voice quality in Australian English. The speech of 33 Indigenous Australians (Aboriginal English speakers) is compared to that of 28 Anglo Australians [Mainstream Australian English (MAE) speakers] from two rural locations in Victoria. Analysis of F0 and H1*-H2* reveals that pitch and voice quality differ significantly for male speakers according to dialect and for female speakers according to location. This study highlights previously undescribed phonetic and sociophonetic variability in voice quality in Australian English.
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- 2022
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