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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University of Canterbury. School of Classics and Linguistics
2008
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10092/975 |