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Production and Perception of non-native English in China: Focus on Sociophonetic Variation by Humans and Artificial Agents

This cumulative dissertation investigates features of sociolinguistic variation in spoken English by non-native humans and agents. It presents a thorough summary and systematization of previous research on Chinese English, a quantitative analysis of the Chinese English vowel spaces of speakers from Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan, a quantitative analysis of durational variation of speakers from different inner, outer, and expanding circle varieties of English, and a study of sociophonetic variation by a pedagogical agent. Furthermore, the thesis proposes a linguistically based quality metric for text-to-speech systems.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:88816
Date16 January 2024
CreatorsAlbrecht, Sven
ContributorsSchmied, Josef, Sanchez-Stockhammer, Christina, Chang, Chenguang, Technische Universität Chemnitz
Source SetsHochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion, doc-type:doctoralThesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis, doc-type:Text
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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