Catherine Watson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3615526 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catherine Watson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catherine |
| FAMILY NAME | Watson |
| SIGNATURE | WATSON C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Auckland |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9010-5188 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 89 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Introducing a rediscovered source for historical New Zealand English
Focussing and Levelling in the Auckland Voices Project
Levelling and focussing are well-documented processes, central to the emergence of new dialects, including to the emergence of New Zealand English as a distinct variety in the last hundred and fifty years. We draw on recent recordings from three areas in Auckland to examine the extent to which levelling and focussing continue to be relevant today. Most work on NZ English as a new dialect has concentrated on phonology; we extend the analysis to sy…
New Zealand English in Auckland
This study acoustically analyses the vowel space of adult New Zealand English speakers from a predominantly Pasifika suburb in Auckland (Papatoetoe). These speakers ( n = 13) are compared to two equivalent groups from non-Pasifika Auckland suburbs, Mount Roskill ( n = 14) and Titirangi ( n = 6). All participants are New Zealand English speakers aged 16–25. There were equal numbers of male and female participants. For the acoustic analysis vowels …
Empathetic Speech Synthesis and Testing for Healthcare Robots
Investigating the Sound Change in the New Zealand English Nurse Vowel /ᴈ
Although there have been many studies of New Zealand English (NZE) vowels, little has been written about the nurse vowel /ɜ:/. This study uses data from three groups of Māori speakers of NZE born between 1871 and 1992 to analyse changes to the nurse vowel over time. Although all these speakers are bilingual in English and Māori, we show that they are representative of NZE speakers generally. Analyses are carried out on formant frequency, vowel le…
Sound change in Māori and the influence of New Zealand English
This article investigates sound change in the vowels of Māori, the indigenous language of New Zealand. It examines the relationship between sound changes in Māori and in New Zealand English, the more dominant language, with which Māori has been in close contact for nearly 200 years. We report on the analysis of three adult speaker groups whose birth dates span 100 years. All speakers were bilingual in Māori and New Zealand English. In total the s…
Effectiveness of a Brief Curriculum to Promote Condom and Health Care Use Among Out‐of‐School Young Adult Males
Context Out‐of‐school black males aged 15–24 have higher levels of sexual risk‐taking than in‐school black males of the same age. However, few sexual risk reduction curricula are focused on out‐of‐school male youth . Methods A sexual and reproductive health intervention conducted at a Baltimore youth employment and training program in 2008–2010 was evaluated in a study involving 197 youth aged 16–24 from a predominantly black population. Ninety‐e…
Contraception and Clean Needles
Young women engaged in exotic dancing have a higher need for reproductive health services than women not in this profession, and many also use drugs or exchange sex for money or drugs. Few report receiving reproductive health services. We describe a public health, academic, and community partnership that provided reproductive health services on needle exchange mobile vans in the “red light district” in downtown Baltimore, Maryland. Women made 220…
The Effects of Synthesized Voice Accents on User Perceptions of Robots
Impact of the GSM Mobile Phone Network on the Speech Signal – Some Preliminary Findings
The landline and mobile phone networks are very different in the manner in which they handle and process the speech signal, with consequential differences in their impact on the speech spectrum as well as on the acoustic parameters of interest in the forensic arena. This paper overviews the key features of both networks which give rise to these differences. Some findings are then presented showing the impact of the mobile network on fundamental f…
U/ fronting and /t/ aspiration in Māori and New Zealand English
This article examines the relationship between the frontness of /u/ and the aspiration of /t/ in both Māori and New Zealand English (NZE). In both languages, these processes can be observed since the earliest recordings dating from the latter part of the nineteenth century. We report analyses of these developments for three groups of male speakers of Māori spanning the twentieth century. We compare the Māori analyses with analyses of related feat…
Ngā Nekehanga o te Whakahua i te Reo Māori i roto i te Rautau kua Hipa nei
Māori and English have been in increasing contact within New Zealand for over 200 years. The impact of each language on the other in vocabulary, which has been borrowed in both directions, is clear. More subtle is the mutual influence in the area of pronunciation. The MAONZE project has been investigating changes in the pronunciation of Māori and of the English of speakers of Māori, using recordings of seven kaumātua born in the 19th century who …
Acoustic evidence for vowel change in New Zealand English
This study provides acoustic evidence that in the last 50 years New Zealand English (NZE) has undergone a substantial vowel shift. Two sets of data are studied: the Otago corpus, recorded in 1995, and the Mobile Unit corpus, recorded in 1948. Both corpora have male and female speakers. The corpora were labeled, accented vowels were extracted, and formant values were calculated. The results of the formant analysis from the two corpora are contrast…
Monophthongal vowel changes in Received Pronunciation
In this paper we analyse the extent to which an adult's vowel space is affected by vowel changes to the community using a database of nine Christmas broadcasts made by Queen Elizabeth II spanning three time periods (the 1950's; the late 1960's/early 70's; the 1980's). An analysis of the monophthongal formant space showed that the first formant frequency was generally higher for open vowels, and lower for mid-high vowels in the 1960's and 1980's d…
An acoustic comparison between New Zealand and Australian English vowels
This study presents an acoustic comparison between New Zealand English (NZE) and Australian English (AE) citation‐form monophthongs and diphthongs. Formant frequencies were calculated and the data were labelled for vowel target position. Four main kinds of analysis were carried out: F1/F2 formant plots of monophthongs, onglides in vowels exemplified by HEED and WHO'D, formant trajectories of rising diphthongs, and formant trajectories of falling …
Abortion Is a Blessing . Anne Nicol Gaylor Abortion and the Sanctity of Human Life
Monophthongal vowel changes in Received Pronunciation
In this paper we analyse the extent to which an adult's vowel space is affected by vowel changes to the community using a database of nine Christmas broadcasts made by Queen Elizabeth II spanning three time periods (the 1950's; the late 1960's/early 70's; the 1980's). An analysis of the monophthongal formant space showed that the first formant frequency was generally higher for open vowels, and lower for mid-high vowels in the 1960's and 1980's d…
An acoustic comparison between New Zealand and Australian English vowels
This study presents an acoustic comparison between New Zealand English (NZE) and Australian English (AE) citation‐form monophthongs and diphthongs. Formant frequencies were calculated and the data were labelled for vowel target position. Four main kinds of analysis were carried out: F1/F2 formant plots of monophthongs, onglides in vowels exemplified by HEED and WHO'D, formant trajectories of rising diphthongs, and formant trajectories of falling …
The Effects of Synthesized Voice Accents on User Perceptions of Robots
Acoustic evidence for vowel change in New Zealand English
This study provides acoustic evidence that in the last 50 years New Zealand English (NZE) has undergone a substantial vowel shift. Two sets of data are studied: the Otago corpus, recorded in 1995, and the Mobile Unit corpus, recorded in 1948. Both corpora have male and female speakers. The corpora were labeled, accented vowels were extracted, and formant values were calculated. The results of the formant analysis from the two corpora are contrast…
U/ fronting and /t/ aspiration in Māori and New Zealand English
This article examines the relationship between the frontness of /u/ and the aspiration of /t/ in both Māori and New Zealand English (NZE). In both languages, these processes can be observed since the earliest recordings dating from the latter part of the nineteenth century. We report analyses of these developments for three groups of male speakers of Māori spanning the twentieth century. We compare the Māori analyses with analyses of related feat…
Investigating the Sound Change in the New Zealand English Nurse Vowel /ᴈ
Although there have been many studies of New Zealand English (NZE) vowels, little has been written about the nurse vowel /ɜ:/. This study uses data from three groups of Māori speakers of NZE born between 1871 and 1992 to analyse changes to the nurse vowel over time. Although all these speakers are bilingual in English and Māori, we show that they are representative of NZE speakers generally. Analyses are carried out on formant frequency, vowel le…
Sound change in Māori and the influence of New Zealand English
This article investigates sound change in the vowels of Māori, the indigenous language of New Zealand. It examines the relationship between sound changes in Māori and in New Zealand English, the more dominant language, with which Māori has been in close contact for nearly 200 years. We report on the analysis of three adult speaker groups whose birth dates span 100 years. All speakers were bilingual in Māori and New Zealand English. In total the s…
Effectiveness of a Brief Curriculum to Promote Condom and Health Care Use Among Out‐of‐School Young Adult Males
Context Out‐of‐school black males aged 15–24 have higher levels of sexual risk‐taking than in‐school black males of the same age. However, few sexual risk reduction curricula are focused on out‐of‐school male youth . Methods A sexual and reproductive health intervention conducted at a Baltimore youth employment and training program in 2008–2010 was evaluated in a study involving 197 youth aged 16–24 from a predominantly black population. Ninety‐e…
Abortion Is a Blessing . Anne Nicol Gaylor Abortion and the Sanctity of Human Life
An acoustic comparison between New Zealand and Australian English vowels
This study presents an acoustic comparison between New Zealand English (NZE) and Australian English (AE) citation‐form monophthongs and diphthongs. Formant frequencies were calculated and the data were labelled for vowel target position. Four main kinds of analysis were carried out: F1/F2 formant plots of monophthongs, onglides in vowels exemplified by HEED and WHO'D, formant trajectories of rising diphthongs, and formant trajectories of falling …
Acoustic evidence for vowel change in New Zealand English
This study provides acoustic evidence that in the last 50 years New Zealand English (NZE) has undergone a substantial vowel shift. Two sets of data are studied: the Otago corpus, recorded in 1995, and the Mobile Unit corpus, recorded in 1948. Both corpora have male and female speakers. The corpora were labeled, accented vowels were extracted, and formant values were calculated. The results of the formant analysis from the two corpora are contrast…
Monophthongal vowel changes in Received Pronunciation
In this paper we analyse the extent to which an adult's vowel space is affected by vowel changes to the community using a database of nine Christmas broadcasts made by Queen Elizabeth II spanning three time periods (the 1950's; the late 1960's/early 70's; the 1980's). An analysis of the monophthongal formant space showed that the first formant frequency was generally higher for open vowels, and lower for mid-high vowels in the 1960's and 1980's d…
Ngā Nekehanga o te Whakahua i te Reo Māori i roto i te Rautau kua Hipa nei
Māori and English have been in increasing contact within New Zealand for over 200 years. The impact of each language on the other in vocabulary, which has been borrowed in both directions, is clear. More subtle is the mutual influence in the area of pronunciation. The MAONZE project has been investigating changes in the pronunciation of Māori and of the English of speakers of Māori, using recordings of seven kaumātua born in the 19th century who …
Impact of the GSM Mobile Phone Network on the Speech Signal – Some Preliminary Findings
The landline and mobile phone networks are very different in the manner in which they handle and process the speech signal, with consequential differences in their impact on the speech spectrum as well as on the acoustic parameters of interest in the forensic arena. This paper overviews the key features of both networks which give rise to these differences. Some findings are then presented showing the impact of the mobile network on fundamental f…
U/ fronting and /t/ aspiration in Māori and New Zealand English
This article examines the relationship between the frontness of /u/ and the aspiration of /t/ in both Māori and New Zealand English (NZE). In both languages, these processes can be observed since the earliest recordings dating from the latter part of the nineteenth century. We report analyses of these developments for three groups of male speakers of Māori spanning the twentieth century. We compare the Māori analyses with analyses of related feat…
The Effects of Synthesized Voice Accents on User Perceptions of Robots
Contraception and Clean Needles
Young women engaged in exotic dancing have a higher need for reproductive health services than women not in this profession, and many also use drugs or exchange sex for money or drugs. Few report receiving reproductive health services. We describe a public health, academic, and community partnership that provided reproductive health services on needle exchange mobile vans in the “red light district” in downtown Baltimore, Maryland. Women made 220…
Effectiveness of a Brief Curriculum to Promote Condom and Health Care Use Among Out‐of‐School Young Adult Males
Context Out‐of‐school black males aged 15–24 have higher levels of sexual risk‐taking than in‐school black males of the same age. However, few sexual risk reduction curricula are focused on out‐of‐school male youth . Methods A sexual and reproductive health intervention conducted at a Baltimore youth employment and training program in 2008–2010 was evaluated in a study involving 197 youth aged 16–24 from a predominantly black population. Ninety‐e…
Sound change in Māori and the influence of New Zealand English
This article investigates sound change in the vowels of Māori, the indigenous language of New Zealand. It examines the relationship between sound changes in Māori and in New Zealand English, the more dominant language, with which Māori has been in close contact for nearly 200 years. We report on the analysis of three adult speaker groups whose birth dates span 100 years. All speakers were bilingual in Māori and New Zealand English. In total the s…
Investigating the Sound Change in the New Zealand English Nurse Vowel /ᴈ
Although there have been many studies of New Zealand English (NZE) vowels, little has been written about the nurse vowel /ɜ:/. This study uses data from three groups of Māori speakers of NZE born between 1871 and 1992 to analyse changes to the nurse vowel over time. Although all these speakers are bilingual in English and Māori, we show that they are representative of NZE speakers generally. Analyses are carried out on formant frequency, vowel le…
Empathetic Speech Synthesis and Testing for Healthcare Robots
New Zealand English in Auckland
This study acoustically analyses the vowel space of adult New Zealand English speakers from a predominantly Pasifika suburb in Auckland (Papatoetoe). These speakers ( n = 13) are compared to two equivalent groups from non-Pasifika Auckland suburbs, Mount Roskill ( n = 14) and Titirangi ( n = 6). All participants are New Zealand English speakers aged 16–25. There were equal numbers of male and female participants. For the acoustic analysis vowels …
Focussing and Levelling in the Auckland Voices Project
Levelling and focussing are well-documented processes, central to the emergence of new dialects, including to the emergence of New Zealand English as a distinct variety in the last hundred and fifty years. We draw on recent recordings from three areas in Auckland to examine the extent to which levelling and focussing continue to be relevant today. Most work on NZ English as a new dialect has concentrated on phonology; we extend the analysis to sy…
Introducing a rediscovered source for historical New Zealand English
Linguistic Variation and Morphology (10 works) · Linguistics (10 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (10 works) · Vowel (9 works) · Phonetics and Phonology Research (8 works) · Formant (7 works) · History (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Psychology (6 works)