Identifying Maori English and Pakeha English from Suprasegmental Cues: A Study Based on Speech Resynthesis

Identifying Maori English and Pakeha English from Suprasegmental Cues: A Study Based on Speech Resynthesis

This thesis investigates the suprasegmental properties of Maori English and Pakeha English, the two main ethnolects of New Zealand English. Firstly, in a Production Experiment the speech of 36 New Zealenders is acoustically analysed. Using the Pairwise Variability Index (PVI) to measure syllabic...

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Main Author: Szakay, Anita
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. School of Classics and Linguistics 2008
Subjects:
Maori English
Pakeha English
rhythm
intonation
pitch
dialect identification
speech perception
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/975

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http://hdl.handle.net/10092/975

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