Cross-language differences in pitch range

Lead Research Organisation: Queen Margaret University
Department Name: Speech and Hearing Sciences

Abstract

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Publications

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Ineke Mennen (Speaker) Pitch range and intonation in the perception of foreign accent in L2 Prosody Workshop, Bangor

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Ineke Mennen (Speaker) Fundamental frequency range and intonation in the perception of foreign accent in British Association of Academic Phoneticians Colloquium, Leeds

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Ineke Mennen (Speaker) The nature of transfer in the production of pitch range by German learners of L2 English in International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech (New Sounds 2013)

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Mennen I (2010) Measuring language-specific phonetic settings in Second Language Research

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Mennen I (2012) Cross-language differences in fundamental frequency range: a comparison of English and German. in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

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Mennen I (2014) SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION OF PITCH RANGE IN GERMAN LEARNERS OF ENGLISH in Studies in Second Language Acquisition

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Mennen I., Schaeffler, F., Docherty, G. (2007) Pitching it differently : a comparison of the pitch ranges of German and English speakers in International Congress of Phonetic Sciences

 
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Sectors Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education

 
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Sector Education
Impact Types Societal

 
Description Beyond L2 segments: towards an L2 Intonation Learning Theory (LILT).  
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Invited seminar presented at the Linguistic Diversity Management in Urban Areas (LiMA), University of Hamburg (Germany)

This resulted in a request to submit this work to a book on Prosody in Contact
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Pitch range and intonation in German learners of English. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Invited talk presented at the Linguistic Diversity Management in Urban Areas (LiMA), University of Hamburg (Germany)

It directly resulted in an application for a visiting researcher to come to work with the PI for a period of 9 months, which in turn resulted in a PhD application.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012