Acoustic Analysis of the Socio-phonetic Variation in the English Language Long Vowels

Authors

  • Muhammad Zeeshan Akram Malik Higher Education Department, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Bushra Shoukat The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan, Bahawalnagar Campus
  • Ali Ahmad Kharal ICB, G-6/3, Islamabad

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52131/pjhss.2022.1001.0173

Keywords:

Sociophonetic Variation, Long English Vowels, Duration of vowels

Abstract

The present study investigates the variation in the long English vowels among native English speakers and non-native Pakistani speakers of the English language. The recordings have been collected through e-mail from different regional speakers of Pakistani languages, from U.K. and the U.S., using social-networking. The analysis of the recordings is done using PRAAT software. The long vowel /i:/ was delimited for the study. Durations quoted by the renowned phonetician Danial Jones (1976), were used as a reference for the native speakers of the English language. The initial hypotheses were built to analyze the data. The study reveals that native speakers tend to follow the pattern introduced by Danial Jones with just a slight idiolectal difference. The non-native Pakistani speakers differentiate themselves in the duration of long vowels from the native speakers. Female native speakers have shown significant variation when compared with male native speakers.

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Author Biographies

Muhammad Zeeshan Akram Malik, Higher Education Department, Punjab, Pakistan

Lecturer, Department of English

Bushra Shoukat, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan, Bahawalnagar Campus

Assistant Professor, Department of English

Ali Ahmad Kharal, ICB, G-6/3, Islamabad

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Published

2022-01-26

How to Cite

Malik, M. Z. A. ., Shoukat, B. ., & Kharal, A. A. (2022). Acoustic Analysis of the Socio-phonetic Variation in the English Language Long Vowels. Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 10(1), 50–56. https://doi.org/10.52131/pjhss.2022.1001.0173

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