"I bit you or I beat you?" Acoustic analysis of vowel contrast produced by Malay speakers

This paper examines the acoustic properties of two pairs of English vowels: /i:/, /ɪ/ and /u:/,/ʊ/ produced by two sets of Malay speakers. This study was motivated by claims that Malaysian English (MalE) speakers do not distinguish these vowels’ phonemic lengths. The data was obtained from the recor...

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Main Authors: Wan Ahmad, Wan Aslynn Salwani, Pillai, Stefanie
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/74301/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/74301/2/74301_9th%20Malaysia%20International%20Conference_cp.pdf