This study examines production of the vowels/æ/,/ɛ/, and/e/among three different English-
speaking ethnic populations in Manitoba, Canada, focusing on patterns of raising and vowel …

This study provides cross-language comparisons of Egyptian English and General American
English (GAE) vowels. The main purpose of this study is to determine the intelligibility of …

Abstract Pre-velar/æ/-raising (BAG-raising) is a process in which some speakers of North
Amer-ican English raise/æ/before/g/, but not/k/. This process occurs in parts of Canada (eg …

This paper pursues two goals simultaneously. First, it seeks to describe the [±ATR] vowels of
Anyi Morofu acoustically by investigating six correlates: F0, F1, F2, F3, intensity, and …

This dissertation addresses the perception and production of American English
monophthongs by Palestinian Arabic (PA) learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) …

The ever-increasing spread of English as a major international language has facilitated the
emergence of distinct English varieties. These new varieties of English are now being …

This study investigates vowel patterning in the Interlake region of Manitoba, a rural
community in the Canadian Prairies. Results suggest the Low Back Merger Shift is in …

Abstract English vowels have been in a state of flux since the 1400s (Fromkin et al. 2014:
342). Around that time mid tense vowels shifted upward and high tense vowels became …

This paper is the third installment in an ongoing acoustic phonetic research devoted to
Central Minnesota English (CMNE). The first paper, Koffi (2013), was a general description …

The Cardinal Vowel System (CVS) and the Dispersion Focalization Theory (DFT) make an
important assumption about the inventory of vowels in world languages. The claim is that …