Table 1.
Average formant values, F0, and vowel duration for the vowels in the native accent (AusE) and unfamiliar accent (CE).
| Australian English (AusE) |
Canadian English (CE) |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEET /i/ |
DIT // |
DOOT /u/ |
DEET /i/ |
DIT // |
DOOT /u/ |
|
| F1 | 498.7 (72.4) |
465.5 (60.6) |
461.0 (80.6) |
389.1 (44.8) |
620.2 (73.4) |
451.4 (42.3) |
| F2 | 2581.9 (226.9) |
2677.5 (66.1) |
2156.2 (178.3) |
2622.2 (121.5) |
2276.8 (111.1) |
1496.2 (114.7) |
| F3 | 3193.6 (303.9) |
3182.0 (246.8) |
2719.7 (258.2) |
3025.5 (182.5) |
2937.8 (158.7) |
2471.8 (199.6) |
| F0 | 273.8 (88.8) |
311.8 (78.7) |
265.9 (76.8) |
312.9 (106.1) |
271.5 (55.1) |
272.4 (76.5) |
| duration | 253.5 (51.7) |
244.0 (59.9) |
298.9 (99.2) |
302.6 (42.1) |
245.7 (28.7) |
300.8 (38.5) |
Formant measurements (in Hz) were taken from the midpoint of the vowel (50\% of total vowel length). Duration is in ms. Values in parentheses represent one standard deviation from the mean.