Aberystwyth English pre-aspiration in apparent time

Míša Hejná, Adèle Jatteau

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Abstract

Do younger speakers of Aberystwyth English (Wales) pre-aspirate more than older ones? Previous research reports that they do, but finds a high degree of individual variation. We build on this work by enlarging the database with the inclusion of younger speakers. We confirm that pre-aspiration increases in frequency and duration in apparent time. We further investigate whether duration analyses are affected when zero duration values are excluded, that is, whether pre-aspiration is indeed longer in younger speakers, or whether it applies more frequently. We find that pre-aspiration applies obligatorily for the majority of speakers, so that excluding zero values does not affect the statistical results. Finally, we examine the interaction of pre-aspiration with pre-glottalisation, and show that pre-glottalisation tends to block the application of pre-aspiration, with individual-specific patterns. The interaction between the two is nevertheless not accounted for by age.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of Interspeech 2023
Number of pages5
Volume2023-August
Publication date2023
Pages3532-3536
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Keywords

  • Welsh English
  • apparent time
  • pre-aspiration
  • pre-glottalisation
  • sound change

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