A multivariate spatial analysis of vowel formants in American English
A multivariate spatial analysis of vowel formants in American English
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美式英语元音共振峰的多元空间分析
DOI：
10.1017/jlg.2013.3
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2013
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D. Geeraerts
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作者：
J. Grieve;D. Speelman;D. Geeraerts
本文基于北美英语图集（Labov, Ash & Boberg, 2006）的声学数据，对来自美国各地236个城市的402名告密者的38个元音构成变量进行了多元空间分析。分析结果既证实了Atlas的结果，也对其提出了挑战。最值得注意的是，虽然分析发现西部和东南部的方言模式与地图集相似，但分析发现中西部和东北部是独特的方言区域，比地图集中确定的传统中部和北部方言区域要强大得多。分析还发现，有证据表明，西方元音的变化正在积极地塑造美国西部的语言。
This paper presents the results of a multivariate spatial analysis of 38 vowel formant variables in the language of 402 informants from 236 cities from across the contiguous United States, based on the acoustic data from the Atlas of North American English (Labov, Ash & Boberg, 2006). The results of the analysis both confirm and challenge the results of the Atlas. Most notably, while the analysis identifies similar patterns as the Atlas in the West and the Southeast, the analysis finds that the Midwest and the Northeast are distinct dialect regions that are considerably stronger than the traditional Midland and Northern dialect region indentified in the Atlas. The analysis also finds evidence that a western vowel shift is actively shaping the language of the Western United States.