VOWELS IN STANDARD AUSTRIAN GERMAN - Acoustics ...

Sylvia Moosmüller
From Figure 7.1 it can be easily read that the three speakers are differentiated by F3, but
not by F2. Table 7.1. to 7.9 summarize the results of the two-tailed t-tests for all
vowels 158 in stressed and unstressed position in spontaneous speech of the six speakers.
For better readability, the “+” are highlighted. F1 is added for the sake of completeness.
/A/ Sp012 – Sp012 – Sp126 – Sp180 – Sp180 – Sp129 –
Sp126 Sp127 Sp127 Sp129 Sp082 Sp082
F1 + + + – – –
F2 – – – + + –
F3 + + + + – +
F1 + + – – – –
F2 – – + + + –
F3 + + + + + +
Table 7.1: Summary of the between-speaker differences for the vowel /A/ in stressed position
(row 1-3) and in unstressed position (row 4-6) in spontaneous speech. “+”: p <
0.05, “–“: p > 0.05.
/e/ Sp012 – Sp012 – Sp126 – Sp180 – Sp180 – Sp129 –
Sp126 Sp127 Sp127 Sp129 Sp082 Sp082
F1 + + – + + –
F2 – – – + + +
F3 – – – + + +
F1 – – – – – –
F2 – + + – + +
F3 – + + + + +
Table 7.2: Summary of the between-speaker differences for the vowel /e/ in stressed position
(row 1-3) and in unstressed position (row 4-6) in spontaneous speech. “+”: p <
0.05, “–“: p > 0.05.
/E/ Sp012 – Sp012 – Sp126 – Sp180 – Sp180 – Sp129 –
Sp126 Sp127 Sp127 Sp129 Sp082 Sp082
F1 + – – + + +
F2 – – – + + –
F3 + + + + + –
F1 + + – + + –
F2 – – – + + –
F3 + + + + + –
158 Too few items of front rounded vowels occurred in the data for a statistical analysis.
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