An Investigation of the /el/–/æl/ Merger in Australian English: A Pilot Study on Production and Perception in South-West Victoria

Loakes, Deborah; Clothier, Joshua; Hajek, John; Fletcher, Janet

doi:10.1080/07268602.2014.929078

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“…In contrast, listeners could not identify /l/, when /l/ and the preceding vowel were replaced by white noise: Listeners could identify belly from [be##], but not from [b##i] (West, 1999). Vowel identification has been examined in /l/-triggered vowel mergers in several dialects of English (Thomas & Hay, 2005;Loakes, Clothier, Hajek, & Fletcher, 2014b;Wade, 2017). Listeners from Melbourne, Australia showed a limited ability to distinguish /el/ from /ael/ in a word identification task with minimal pairs (e.g., Alan-Ellen) (Loakes, Hajek, & Fletcher, 2010a, 2010b, 2010c, 2011Loakes, Graetzer, Hajek, & Fletcher, 2012;Loakes, Clothier, Hajek, & Fletcher, 2014a;Loakes et al, 2014b).…”

Section: The Effect Of Coda /L/ On Australian English Vowelsmentioning

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“…Vowel identification has been examined in /l/-triggered vowel mergers in several dialects of English (Thomas & Hay, 2005;Loakes, Clothier, Hajek, & Fletcher, 2014b;Wade, 2017). Listeners from Melbourne, Australia showed a limited ability to distinguish /el/ from /ael/ in a word identification task with minimal pairs (e.g., Alan-Ellen) (Loakes, Hajek, & Fletcher, 2010a, 2010b, 2010c, 2011Loakes, Graetzer, Hajek, & Fletcher, 2012;Loakes, Clothier, Hajek, & Fletcher, 2014a;Loakes et al, 2014b). Some speakers of New Zealand English were able to distinguish minimal pairs differing in /el/ and /ael/ despite merging /el-ael/ in production (Thomas & Hay, 2005).…”

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Perceptual vowel contrast reduction in Australian English /l/-final rimes

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Benders

Cox

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Laboratory Phonology: Journal of the Association for Laboratory Phonology

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In Australian English rimes, coarticulation between coda /l/ and its preceding vowel has the potential to attenuate cues that contribute to phonological vowel contrast. Therefore, vowel-/l/ coarticulation may increase ambiguity between prelateral vowels. We used a vowel identification task to test the effect of vowel-/l/ coarticulation on vowel disambiguation in perception. Listeners categorized vowels in /hVd/ and /hVl/ contexts. Results showed reduced accuracy of vowels before coda /l/ compared to coda /d/, showing that coda /l/ increases vowel disambiguation difficulty. In particular, reduced perceptual contrast was found for the rime pairs /ʉːl-ʊl, aeɔl-ael/ and /əʉl-ɔl/ (e.g., fool-full, howl-Hal, dole-doll). A second experiment tested the effect of reduced perceptual contrast on word recognition. Listeners identified minimal pairs contrasting key vowel pairs in the /CVl/ and /CVd/ contexts. Reduced accuracy and increased response time in /l/ contexts shows that coda /l/ hinders listeners' ability to identify vowels. The implications of reduced perceptual vowel contrast for compensation for coarticulation and sound change are discussed.

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Section: The Effect Of Coda /L/ On Australian English Vowelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Effect Of Coda /L/ On Australian English Vowelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perceptual vowel contrast reduction in Australian English /l/-final rimes

Szalay

Benders

Cox

et al. 2021

Laboratory Phonology: Journal of the Association for Laboratory Phonology

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Forensic Linguistics in Australia

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Fraser

Heydon

2023

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This Element presents an account of forensic linguistics in Australia since the first expert linguistic evidence in 1959, through early work in the 1970s-1980s, the defining of the discipline in the 1990s, and into the current era. It starts with a consideration of some widespread misconceptions about language that affect the field and some problematic ideologies in the law, which underly much of the discussion throughout the Element. The authors' report of forensic linguists' work is structured in terms of the linguistic, interactional and sociocultural contexts of the language data being analysed, whether in expert evidence, in research, or in practical applications of linguistics in a range of legal settings. The Element concludes by highlighting mutual engagement between forensic linguistic practitioners and both the judiciary and legal scholars, and outlines some of the key factors which support a critical forensic linguistics approach in much of the work in the authors' country.

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World Englishes Old and New: English in Australasia and the South Pacific

Biewer

Burridge²

2019

The Cambridge Handbook of World Englishes

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An Investigation of the /el/–/æl/ Merger in Australian English: A Pilot Study on Production and Perception in South-West Victoria

Cited by 32 publications

References 13 publications

Perceptual vowel contrast reduction in Australian English /l/-final rimes

Perceptual vowel contrast reduction in Australian English /l/-final rimes

Forensic Linguistics in Australia

World Englishes Old and New: English in Australasia and the South Pacific

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