Australia 23

Listen to Australia 23, a 26-year-old man from Perth, Western Australia. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 26

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 1984

PLACE OF BIRTH: Perth, Western Australia

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Caucasian

OCCUPATION: student

EDUCATION: university degree

AREA(S) OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS: none

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: John Fleming

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 15/09/2010

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I did have a pet.  I’ve had a few dogs, I’ve had (uh) some fish, (um) a little silky terrier called Misty, I’ve a dog now called Ollie, (uh) but, and a bird called Timmy.  The one I have now is a Shih Tzu cross Lapso.  Not really, doesn’t really like to walk; it’s a tiny dog, I don’t live with it anymore, (uh) my parents do, but no, I don’t really walk – take my dog for a walk.  Where are my parents?  My parents are in Perth, in Australia.

TRANSCRIBED BY: John Fleming

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 15/09/2010

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY:

As usual with an Australian dialect, the “fleece” lexical set has an onglide, heard throughout. The “price” lexical set is further back in the mouth, lending a sound moving toward the “choice” lexical set, heard in “time, private, liking” in Comma Gets a Cure. This back motion also applies to several other vowels: the “goat” lexical set is further back and more open, heard in “even so” and “goat,” and the “face” lexical set approaches a General American “price” sound due to the same back and open quality. The “kit” lexical set is more closed than in General American, heard in “fish, silky, Misty, and Timmy.” Listen for the similarity between the first and second vowels in the last three example words. Australian Questioning Inflection, which the subject discussed before recording, is heard rarely at the end of sentences, and several times mid-sentence: “Here’s a story for you” followed by “…was a veterinary nurse…” and “…area was much nearer for her.”

COMMENTARY BY: John Fleming

DATE OF COMMENTARY (DD/MM/YYYY): 15/09/2010

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