From BAD to BED: The Relationship between Perceived Age and Vowel Perception in New Zealand English
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31 August 2005
Abstract
Recent research has provided evidence of a link between social information and speech perception. This study investigates the relationship between vowel perception and age in New Zealand English, and it demonstrates that perceivers may use the apparent age of a voice to identify vowels in the context of a change in progress.