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Hät, här, höt and hör - An Articulatory and Acoustic Study of the Swedish Vowels /ɛ:/ and /ø:/

Schumacher, Anne LU (2014) SPVR02 20131
Master's Programme: Language and Linguistics
General Linguistics
Abstract
This thesis is concerned with the examination of the Swedish vowels /ɛ:/
and /ø:/ for qualitative differences between their pre-r allophones and the
allophones occurring in other contexts. For this purpose, electromagnetic
articulography and speech recordings were carried out on Swedish speakers
from the two dialectal areas Malmö and Stockholm.
Articulatory and acoustic analyses of the collected data show that the pre-
r allophone of /ɛ:/ has a significantly more open vowel quality compared to its pre-t allophone in the dialects spoken around Malmö and Stockholm. Tongue position data suggest the same for the pre-r allophone of /ø:/, although this could not be supported by the results of the formant analysis. The data further suggest... (More)
This thesis is concerned with the examination of the Swedish vowels /ɛ:/
and /ø:/ for qualitative differences between their pre-r allophones and the
allophones occurring in other contexts. For this purpose, electromagnetic
articulography and speech recordings were carried out on Swedish speakers
from the two dialectal areas Malmö and Stockholm.
Articulatory and acoustic analyses of the collected data show that the pre-
r allophone of /ɛ:/ has a significantly more open vowel quality compared to its pre-t allophone in the dialects spoken around Malmö and Stockholm. Tongue position data suggest the same for the pre-r allophone of /ø:/, although this could not be supported by the results of the formant analysis. The data further suggest that there is a significantly larger difference in openness in the East Swedish dialects than in the Southern ones. (Less)
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author
Schumacher, Anne LU
supervisor
organization
course
SPVR02 20131
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
electromagnetic articulography, EMA, vowel lowering, Swedish vowels
language
English
id
4388050
date added to LUP
2014-04-02 09:34:47
date last changed
2014-04-02 09:34:47
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  abstract     = {{This thesis is concerned with the examination of the Swedish vowels /ɛ:/
and /ø:/ for qualitative differences between their pre-r allophones and the
allophones occurring in other contexts. For this purpose, electromagnetic
articulography and speech recordings were carried out on Swedish speakers
from the two dialectal areas Malmö and Stockholm.
Articulatory and acoustic analyses of the collected data show that the pre-
r allophone of /ɛ:/ has a significantly more open vowel quality compared to its pre-t allophone in the dialects spoken around Malmö and Stockholm. Tongue position data suggest the same for the pre-r allophone of /ø:/, although this could not be supported by the results of the formant analysis. The data further suggest that there is a significantly larger difference in openness in the East Swedish dialects than in the Southern ones.}},
  author       = {{Schumacher, Anne}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Hät, här, höt and hör - An Articulatory and Acoustic Study of the Swedish Vowels /ɛ:/ and /ø:/}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}