Toward an Acoustic Description of Faroese long and short Monophthongs Ískoyti til eina ljóðfrøðiliga lýsing av longum og stuttum einljóðum í føroyskum
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Abstract
The aim of this study is to examine and compare the monophthongs of the Faroese dialects of Norðurstreymoy, Eysturoy, Vágar (North-West Faroese), Klaksvík (North-East Faroese), Tórshavn (Central Faroese), and Suðuroy (Southern Faroese) as produced by 25 female and 16 male speakers auditorily and acoustically. The analysis focuses on stressed monophthongs embedded in nonsense words. Target vowels were presented orthographically in the frame bVb for long vowels and bVbb for short vowels. The bVb(b) nonsense words were inserted into the carrier sentence Eg sigi orðið __ nú ´I say the word___ now´. Acoustic measurements are carried out using Praat.
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Endamálið við hesi kanning er at kanna og bera saman einljóðini í málførunum í Norðurstreymoy, Eysturoy, Vágum (útnyrðingsføroyskt), Klaksvík (landnyrðingsføroyskt), Tórshavn (miðføroyskt) og Suðuroy (suðurføroyskt), soleiðis sum tey eru borin fram av 41 heimildarfólkum (25 kvinnum, 16 monnum). Dentur er lagdur á einljóðini í herðingarsterkari støðu í tvætliorðunum bVb fyri long sjálvljóð og bvbb fyri stutt sjálvljóð. Hesi “orð” vórðu sett inn í setningin Eg sigi orðið ___ nú, sum heimildarfólkini skuldu lesa tríggjar ferðir. Ljóðfrøðiligar mátingar vórðu síðani gjørdar við forritinum Praat.
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Faroese monophthongs, dialects, acoustics analysis, Føroysk einljóð, málføri, ljóðfrøðilig greining
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