The role of duration in vowel categorization: Flemish vs. Dutch listeners: a case study Ghent University
This paper studies the effect of the regional background of listeners on vowel perception. In Germanic languages such as English, German and Dutch, phonological descriptions of vowel systems distinguish between ‘long’ or ‘tense’ vowels on one hand and ‘short’ or ‘lax’ vowels on the other hand. Both categories may differ in pitch, intensity, vowel quality and duration. This paper focuses on the perceptual role of vowel duration in vowel ...