In many dialects of North-American English, in addition to vowels which are traditionally
described as true and phonetic diphthongs, several vowels traditionally described as …

The paper defines the core components of an interactive‐phonetic (IP) sound change
model. The starting point for the IP‐model is that a phonological category is often skewed …

Generalised additive mixed models (GAMMs) are increasingly popular in dynamic speech
analysis, where the focus is on measurements with temporal or spatial structure such as …

An accessible introduction to the phonetic analysis of speech corpora, this workbook-style
text provides an extensive set of exercises to help readers develop the necessary skills to …

Method Seven acoustic metrics were measured for conversational and clear vowels
produced by 12 talkers—6 who previously were found (SH Ferguson, 2004) to produce a …

This study aims to characterize the nature of the dynamic spectral change in vowels in three
distinct regional varieties of American English spoken in the Western North Carolina, in …

This study was designed to examine the role of duration in vowel perception by testing
listeners on the identification of CVC syllables generated at different durations. Test signals …

The aim of the study was to establish whether/u/-fronting, a sound change in progress in
standard southern British, could be linked synchronically to the fronting effects of a …

This paper presents a longitudinal analysis of some vowels from the annual Christmas
broadcasts produced by Queen Elizabeth II over a 50-year period in order to investigate …

The purpose of this study was to examine the role of formant frequency movements in vowel
recognition. Measurements of vowel duration, fundamental frequency, and formant contours …