VOWELS IN STANDARD AUSTRIAN GERMAN - Acoustics ...
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119<br />
Vowels in Standard Austrian German<br />
The differentiation of the pre-palatal and the mid-palatal and of the velar and the<br />
upper pharyngeal vowels in stressed positions is maintained by most of the speakers,<br />
and by some speakers in unstressed positions of the sentence reading task (see Tables<br />
4.38 and 4.39).<br />
i/e vowels Sp012 Sp180 Sp082 Sp129 Sp126 Sp127<br />
logatomes 133-117 211-175 – – – –<br />
Rs 127-110 212-171 224-193 188-148 128-115 167-137<br />
Rus 117-112 230-216 210-205 186-174 129-128 155-147<br />
Ss 107-93 197-149 194-183 182-153 120-114 122-112<br />
Sus 99-103 191-177 196-204 181-179 117-122 123-123<br />
Table 4.38: Mean F0 values of all /i/ and /e/ vowels of all speaking tasks and all speakers.<br />
Vowels are grouped in pairs, within each pair, the value to the left represents the<br />
[+pre-palatal] vowel, the value to the right the [–pre-palatal] vowel. Statistically<br />
significant differences within each pair (p < 0.05) are marked in bold, in case of a<br />
negative t-value, the pair is additionally in italics. L = Logatome reading task, Rs =<br />
Sentence reading task, stressed vowels, Rus = Sentence reading task, unstressed<br />
vowels, Ss = Spontaneous speech, stressed vowels, SuS = Spontaneous speech,<br />
unstressed vowels, Sp = Speaker.<br />
u/o vowels Sp012 Sp180 Sp082 Sp129 Sp126 Sp127<br />
logatomes 135-120 228-180 – – – –<br />
Rs 136-109 156-186 227-189 190-152 130-116 171-145<br />
Rus 106-117 207-223 199-210 174-181 121-131 148-155<br />
Ss 98-92 196-164 209-182 182-154 118-113 125-116<br />
Sus 98-103 185-177 209-188 186-181 121-119 125-124<br />
Table 4.39: Mean F0 values of all /u/ and /o/ vowels of all speaking tasks and all speakers.<br />
Vowels are grouped in pairs, within each pair, the value to the left represents the<br />
[+velar] vowel, the value to the right the [–velar, –lower pharyngeal] vowel.<br />
Statistically significant differences within each pair (p < 0.05) are marked in bold,<br />
in case of a negative t-value, the pair is additionally in italics. Legend as in Table<br />
4.38.<br />
In spontaneous speech, in stressed positions, the i/e vowels are differentiated better than<br />
the u/o vowels, i.e. by five speakers vs. three speakers respectively. In unstressed<br />
positions, only one speaker differentiates the respective vowel pairs by F0. Therefore,<br />
F0 might act as an additional cue to differentiate the pre-palatal from the mid-palatal