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Description	The English central mid lax vowel (i.e., schwa) often contributes considerably to the sound differences between native and non-native speech. Many foreign speakers of English fail to reduce certain underlying vowels to schwa, which, on the suprasegmental level of description, affects the perceived rhythm of their speech. However, the problem of capturing quantitatively the differences between native and non-native schwa poses difficulties that, to this day, have been tackled only partially. We offer a technique of measurement in the acoustic domain that has not been probed properly as yet: the distribution of acoustic energy in the vowel spectrum. Our results show that spectral slope features measured in weak vowels discriminate between Czech and British speakers of English quite reliably. Moreover, the measurements of formant bandwidths turned out to be useful for the same task, albeit less direct. The English central mid lax vowel (i.e., schwa) often contributes considerably to the sound differences between native and non-native speech. Many foreign speakers of English fail to reduce certain underlying vowels to schwa, which, on the suprasegmental level of description, affects the perceived rhythm of their speech. However, the problem of capturing quantitatively the differences between native and non-native schwa poses difficulties that, to this day, have been tackled only partially. We offer a technique of measurement in the acoustic domain that has not been probed properly as yet: the distribution of acoustic energy in the vowel spectrum. Our results show that spectral slope features measured in weak vowels discriminate between Czech and British speakers of English quite reliably. Moreover, the measurements of formant bandwidths turned out to be useful for the same task, albeit less direct. (en)
Title	Spectral Characteristics of Schwa in Czech Accented English Spectral Characteristics of Schwa in Czech Accented English (en)
skos:prefLabel	Spectral Characteristics of Schwa in Czech Accented English Spectral Characteristics of Schwa in Czech Accented English (en)
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http://linked.open...iv/cisloPeriodika	1
http://linked.open...vai/riv/dodaniDat	2014
http://linked.open...aciTvurceVysledku	Skarnitzl, Radek Volín, Jan Weingartová, Lenka
http://linked.open.../riv/druhVysledku	J - Článek v odborném periodiku
http://linked.open...iv/duvernostUdaju	S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje nepodléhající ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
http://linked.open...titaPredkladatele	Univerzita Karlova v Praze / Filozofická fakulta
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http://linked.open.../riv/klicovaSlova	spectral slope; schwa; prominence; foreign accent (en)
http://linked.open.../riv/klicoveSlovo	foreign accent schwa prominence spectral slope
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http://linked.open...UplatneniVysledku	2013
http://linked.open...v/svazekPeriodika	11
http://linked.open...iv/tvurceVysledku	Skarnitzl, Radek Volín, Jan Weingartová, Lenka
issn	2083-4616
number of pages	9 (xsd:int)
http://bibframe.org/vocab/doi	10.2478/v10015-012-0008-6
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