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Title: | Phonetic and Lexical Predictors of Intelligibility | Contributor(s): | Gooskens, Charlotte (author); Heeringa, Wilbert (author); Beijering, Karin (author) | Publication Date: | 2008-10 | DOI: | 10.3366/E1753854809000317 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/30115 | Abstract: | In the present investigation, the intelligibility of 17 Scandinavian language varieties and standard Danish was assessed among young Danes from Copenhagen. In addition, distances between standard Danish and each of the 17 varieties were measured at the lexical level and at different phonetic levels. In order to determine how well these linguistic levels can predict intelligibility, we correlated the intelligibility scores with the linguistic distances and we carried out a number of regression analyses. The results show that for this particular set of closely related language varieties phonetic distance is a better predictor of intelligibility than lexical distance. Consonant substitutions, vowel insertions and vowel shortenings contribute significantly to the prediction of intelligibility. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing, 2(1-2), p. 63-81 | Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1755-1706 1753-8548 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 200408 Linguistic Structures (incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics) 200406 Language in Time and Space (incl. Historical Linguistics, Dialectology) 200405 Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics) |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture 950201 Communication Across Languages and Culture |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences |
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