Abstract
dc:description.abstractHigh vowels are generally shorter than low vowels: there is a positive correlation between F1 and duration in English and cross-linguistically (Heffner 1937; Elert 1964; Äimä, 1918). This paper argues that the cross-linguistic height/duration correlation might be explained perceptually: high vowels inherently sound shorter than low vowels. Study 1 analyzed Chilean Spanish vowels to determine whether this correlation is physiological in nature or the result of linguistic rules, finding that the correlation is linguistically-specified. To account for the cross-linguistic occurrence of the correlation, Study 2 tested if speakers perceive shorter high vowels in a forced-choice perception task. Results indicate that high vowels indeed sound shorter, and that this vowel categorization ability is partially learned.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Cognitive Science (M.Cog.Sc.)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Master's
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Cognitive Science
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Carleton University
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2015
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Stone, Adam William
Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- Copyright © 2015 the author(s). Theses may be used for non-commercial research, educational, or related academic purposes only. Such uses include personal study, research, scholarship, and teaching. Theses may only be shared by linking to Carleton University Institutional Repository and no part may be used without proper attribution to the author. No part may be used for commercial purposes directly or indirectly via a for-profit platform; no adaptation or derivative works are permitted without consent from the copyright owner.
- Language dc:language.iso
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:carleton.scholaris.ca:20.500.14718/39270