D2) Realisation of phoneme /r/ & rhoticity in spoken Maltese English (MaltE)

Realisation of /r/ & rhoticity in spoken Maltese English (MaltE)

Data: TVM2 02-12-2014.mp3 & TVM2 02-12-2014.trs

Please download

the sound file TVM2 02-12-2014.mp3

and the transcription TVM2 02-12-2014.trs

for this task! (right click + "Ziel speichern unter...")

Programs: Transcriber 1.5.1 & Excel

Tasks:

• Download the audio file & the transcription file
• Analyse the transcribed audiofile for rhoticity and document your findings in an excel sheet => Can this speaker be said to have a rhotic accent?
• Also find examples of different realisations of the phoneme /r/ and document these as well
• Perform a short live presentation of you mini-project in class and give a brief overview of your findings.
• Write a brief summary of your findings (no more than 300 words!).

Notes:

• Transcriber is installed on the PCs in U5 02.23 (CIP POOL). Since it is freeware, you can also download it and use it on your own PC.
• A  brief tutorial for transcriber, a link to the user manual as well as an example transcription can also be found in the VC
• Extracting parts of an audio file is described in the official user manual for transcriber (5.9. Save a part of the audio file)
• Please bring your own headphones for this task!