Search for dissertations about: "vowel"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 51 swedish dissertations containing the word vowel.

  2. 1. The Vowel System of a Shetland Accent of Scottish Standard English : A segmental analysis

    Author : Peter Sundkvist; Gunnel Melchers; John Harris; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : Lerwick; Shetland; Shetland dialect; Scottish Standard English; Accents of English; Vowel systems; Subsystems; The Scottish Vowel Length Rule; Vowel softening;

    Abstract : This study presents a comprehensive description of the stressed vowel system of the local accent of Scottish Standard English spoken in Lerwick, Shetland. A judgement sample of eleven informants was obtained through a network model. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Vowel Systems of Five Iranian Balochi Dialects

    Author : Farideh Okati; Åke Viberg; Carina Jahani; Pétur Helgason; Jan-Olof Svantesson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Balochi; Persian; Iranian Balochi dialects; vowel system; Common Balochi; fronting; diphthongization; nasalization; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

    Abstract : The vowel systems of five selected Iranian Balochi dialects are investigated in this study, which is the first work to apply empirical acoustic analysis to a large body of recorded data on the vowel inventories of different Balochi dialects spoken in Iran. The selected dialects are spoken in the five regions of Sistan (SI), Saravan (SA), Khash (KH), Iranshahr (IR), and Chabahar (CH) located in the province Sistan and Baluchestan in southeast Iran. READ MORE

  5. 3. Articulatory-Acoustic Relationships in Swedish Vowel Sounds

    Author : Christine Ericsdotter; Olle Engstrand; Björn Lindblom; Peter Ladefoged; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Swedish vowels; articulatory modelling; MRI; Phonetics; Fonetik;

    Abstract : The goal of this work was to evaluate the performance of a classical method for predicting vocal tract cross-sectional areas from cross-distances, to be implemented in speaker-specific articulatory modelling. The data forming the basis of the evaluation were magnetic resonance images from the vocal tract combined with simultaneous audio and video recordings. READ MORE

  6. 4. Vowel-Zero Alternations in West Slavic Prepositions: A Corpus Based Investigation of Polish, Slovak and Czech

    Author : Morgan Nilsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Polish; Slovak; Czech; vocalisation; prepositions; vowel-zero alternations; corpus; phonology.;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate the scope of the vowel―zero alternations in prepositions in the three major West Slavic languages, i.e. Polish, Slovak and Czech, and to formulate, within the Government Phonology framework, the general phonological principles responsible for the majority of these alternations. READ MORE

  7. 5. X-ray and model studies of vowel articulation

    Author : Sidney A J Wood; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

    Abstract : Abstract is not available.... READ MORE