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.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:88816 |
| Date | 16 January 2024 |
| Creators | Albrecht, Sven |
| Contributors | Schmied, Josef, Sanchez-Stockhammer, Christina, Chang, Chenguang, Technische Universität Chemnitz |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion, doc-type:doctoralThesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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