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 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... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Treball de fi de postgrau |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
Schlagwörter: | Fonètica Investigació / Neerlandès flamenc / Anglès escocès / Fonètica forense / Vocal neutra / Schwa epenthesis / Flemish Dutch / Scottish English / Forensic phonetics / Individual variation |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26703841 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/232048 |
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. ; Aquest estudi investiga la inserció epentètica d'una vocal neutra com ocorre en el neerlandès flamenc i l'anglès escocès des d'una perspectiva fonètica forense quant a la variabilitat individual de parlants i el seu potencial a l'hora de dur a terme comparacions de parlants. Una anàlisi de parla espontània de dos grups homogenis demostra que la inserció epentètica d'una vocal neutra en neerlandès flamenc mostra més variació inter-parlant que en anglès escocès. Així, els resultats suggereixen que aquest procés en neerlandès flamenc podria ser adequat per utilitzar-se en contexts fonètics forenses mentre que en anglès escocès no ho és.