Foreign accent in voice discrimination
A case study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19535219 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Henry Rogers (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 203-208 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Speech Language and the Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-8885 • E-ISSN: 1748-8893 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1558/sll.1998.5.2.203 |
| OpenAlex | W2061128214 |
| Language | IT |
| Citations received | 3 |
This article describes the phonetic analysis of a case of speaker identification involving a foreign accent. A taped telephone message in English with a Cantonese accent resulted in the arrest of Lo, a Cantonese speaker. The investigation compared the voice on the tape with that of Lo, particularly noting the accent in English. In several places, close auditory examination showed that Lo had a stronger accent in English than that of the voice on the tape. Acoustic analysis corroborated this view. The theoretical point underlying the conclusion is that non-native speakers can imitate a stronger accent than they normally use, but not a weaker accent
Linguistics · Speech recognition · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.16 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2023 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |