A Course in Phonetics

Abstract

The study presents an acoustic examination of the 18 stressed monophthongs and diphthongs of Australian English, detailing the frequency and durational characteristics of these vowels produced in the hVd context by 60 male and 60 female adolescent talkers from Sydney. It entails a rigorous acoustic analysis using objective signal processing techniques to detail vowel structure in a strictly controlled fashion. The paper additionally provides the first large-scale published analysis of vowels produced by Australian females and compares vowel formant and durational characteristics across the sexes. The results provide data that can be used by researchers who require detailed acoustic information about Australian English vowel production.