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Answers to spectrograms in 20.1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2009

Extract

In the previous issue of the Journal, on page 52, there were reproductions of two spectrograms that readers were invited to interpret. Both had been tested by presenting them to a group of about half a dozen experienced spectrogram readers. This group discussed the reproductions, arguing for different interpretations until they had reached a consensus on what phrases must have been spoken. The following are some comments that readers might wish to consider, based on the group's procedure in interpreting the first phrase, which is reproduced again below. Remember that the spectrograms contain English sentences spoken in a British accent close to the RP standard.

Type
Educational Phonetics
Copyright
Copyright © Journal of the International Phonetic Association 1990

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