TY - GEN

T1 - Frequency and loudness in overlapping turn onset by Welsh speakers

AU - Cooper, Sarah

PY - 2011

Y1 - 2011

N2 - This paper considers the frequency and loudness of incomings by next-speakers in overlapping conversation. The speech of Welsh-English bilinguals is examined using a combination of instrumental and impressionistic acoustic analysis. Previous research has found that in some varieties of English, incomings by the next speaker can be designed with high pitch and loud volume. The conversation analytic approach (CA) attempts to combine a sequential and phonetic analysis of the occurrence of overlapping stretches of speech. The results suggest that it is turn-competitive incomings by a next-speaker which are designed with high frequency and loud volume and located early in the current-speaker‟s turn. Previous research on English has found these same phonetic design features.

AB - This paper considers the frequency and loudness of incomings by next-speakers in overlapping conversation. The speech of Welsh-English bilinguals is examined using a combination of instrumental and impressionistic acoustic analysis. Previous research has found that in some varieties of English, incomings by the next speaker can be designed with high pitch and loud volume. The conversation analytic approach (CA) attempts to combine a sequential and phonetic analysis of the occurrence of overlapping stretches of speech. The results suggest that it is turn-competitive incomings by a next-speaker which are designed with high frequency and loud volume and located early in the current-speaker‟s turn. Previous research on English has found these same phonetic design features.

UR - https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/icphs-proceedings/ICPhS2011/index.htm

M3 - Conference contribution

SP - 516

EP - 519

BT - Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences

ER -