VOWELS IN STANDARD AUSTRIAN GERMAN - Acoustics ...
VOWELS IN STANDARD AUSTRIAN GERMAN - Acoustics ...
VOWELS IN STANDARD AUSTRIAN GERMAN - Acoustics ...
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Vowel<br />
category<br />
Variability<br />
Coefficient NoP<br />
Variability<br />
Coefficient F1<br />
75<br />
Vowels in Standard Austrian German<br />
Variability<br />
Coefficient F2<br />
Variability<br />
Coefficient F3<br />
/ë/ 28,71 8,665 5,481 3,877<br />
/ê/ 18,94 5,544 5,278 3,368<br />
/y/ 38,45 9,259 6,331 5,067<br />
/Y/ 30,18 10,548 9,520 5,197<br />
/u/ 31,44 7,689 14,375 7,169<br />
/ï/ 37,75 7,476 16,541 5,887<br />
/o/ 36,73 7,418 10,307 7,387<br />
/O/ 28,04 7,271 10,188 6,662<br />
/i/ 38,04 7,874 4,870 8,512<br />
/ç/ 32,89 8,134 4,815 6,980<br />
/e/ 33,27 7,120 4,411 7,716<br />
/E/ 30,83 6,475 5,513 3,758<br />
/a/ 31,33 9,982 7,788 7,327<br />
/A/ 29,60 9,181 7,064 4,335<br />
Table 4.10: Mean variability coefficients of NoP, F1, F2, and F3 for each vowel category,<br />
pooled over six speakers.<br />
4.3. Articulatory investigations on vowels<br />
4.3.1 Articulatory settings for the opposition traditionally<br />
termed [± tense]<br />
As has been already stated, it is not quite clear which articulatory settings are<br />
responsible for the difference in vowel quality for the pairs /i/ – /ç/, /e/ – /E/, /y/ – /Y/, /ë/<br />
– /ê/, /u/ – /ï/, /o/ – /O/, and /A/ – /a/. The vocal tract configuration necessary for the<br />
production of a given vowel contrast can be realized in many ways and by many<br />
different combinations of individual articulators. The feature [±tense] is probably the<br />
most disputed of all features discriminating vowels, since many different articulatory<br />
adjustments might cause the above mentioned oppositions and the articulatory<br />
adjustments involved are language specific. For example, the feature [±ATR], generally<br />
agreed to be of relevance in several African languages, which yields similar oppositions<br />
to those caused by [±tense] in Germanic languages, shows different articulatory ad-