AI vs. AU in American English compared to German
- American English and German AI, AU observed in cognates such as Wein, wine, Haus, house are usually treated on a par, represented with the same initial vowel (cf. [ai], [au] for Am. Engl, and German [1]). Yet, acoustic measurements indicate differences as the relevant trajectories characteristically cross in Am. Engl, but not in German. These data may indicate consistency with the same initial target for these diphthongs in German, supporting the choice of the same Symbol /a/ in phonemic representation, as opposed to distinct targets (and distinct initial phonemes) in American English.
Author: | Renate RaffelsiefenGND, Anja Geumann |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-53884 |
Parent Title (English): | Tagungsband. 12. Tagung Phonetik und Phonologie im deutschsprachigen Raum. P und P12, 12. - 14. Oktober 2016, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
Place of publication: | München |
Editor: | Christoph Draxler, Felicitas Kleber |
Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
Language: | English |
Year of first Publication: | 2016 |
Date of Publication (online): | 2016/10/26 |
Tag: | corpora; diphthongs; phonetics; phonology |
GND Keyword: | Deutsch; Diphthong; Englisch; Phonetik; Phonologie |
First Page: | 155 |
Last Page: | 157 |
DDC classes: | 400 Sprache |
Open Access?: | ja |
Leibniz-Classification: | Sprache, Linguistik |
Linguistics-Classification: | Phonetik / Phonologie |
Licence (German): | ![]() |