VOWELS IN STANDARD AUSTRIAN GERMAN - Acoustics ...

Sylvia Moosmüller
2. Methods and Data
2.1. Speakers and Material
Three female and three male speakers of Standard Austrian German were asked to act as
speakers. According to the results presented in Moosmüller (1991) on Standard
Austrian German, the speakers were chosen according to the following criteria:
� Variety: middle Bavarian
� Region:
♦ At least one parent was brought up in Vienna 26
♦ The speakers themselves were brought up in Vienna
� Educational background:
♦ At least one parent has an academic education
♦ The speakers themselves have either an academic education or a
school-leaving certificate 27 .
According to these criteria, the following speakers were chosen:
� Speaker sp082 28 : University professor, female, 40 years 29
� Speaker sp129: University professor, female, 49 years
� Speaker sp180: Statistician, female, 26 years
� Speaker sp012: Researcher, male, 36 years
� Speaker sp126: Architect, male, 46 years
26 Vienna was chosen for practical reasons, and not because the author holds the opinion
that Standard Austrian German is solely spoken in Vienna (see 1.3 and Moosmüller
1991).
27 Depending on the age of the speaker.
28 The database of Standard Austrian German is sorted chronologically: speakers with a
lower number have already participated in previous projects and were willing to give their
time once more for this venture.
29 At the time of recording (2002/2003).
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