Jiao, L;
Wang, C;
Hsu, C;
Birkholz, P;
Xu, Y;
(2017)
Posh accent and vocal attractiveness in British English.
In: Botinis, Antonis, (ed.)
Proceedings of 8th Tutorial and Research Workshop on Experimental Linguistics.
(pp. pp. 45-48).
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: Athens, Greece.
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Abstract
Posh accent in British English is associated with upper class. Previous research on poshness has been centred on vocabulary, grammar and phonology, but little is known about the phonetic properties. This study, as part of a larger project, is an attempt to connect posh accent with attractiveness of voice through a common set of dimensions originating from emotional prosody research. Using VocalTractLab and Praat, we created stimuli varying in voice quality, nasality, formant shift ratio, pitch shift and duration. Results of two separate perception experiments showed that only voice quality and formant shift ratio functioned significantly. Breathy voice sounded the most posh and attractive, and pressed voice the least. Likewise, utterances with the smallest formant shift ratio sounded the most posh and attractive.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | Posh accent and vocal attractiveness in British English |
| Event: | ExLing 2017 |
| Location: | Heraklion, Crete, Greece |
| Dates: | 19 June 2017 - 22 June 2017 |
| ISBN-13: | 9789604661626 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.exlingworkshop.com/40-exling-2017/140-e... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2017 Antonis Botinis and authors. This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Poshness, attractiveness, voice quality, formant shift ratio |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Speech, Hearing and Phonetic Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10042904 |
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