Italy 19

Listen to Italy 19, a 29-year-old woman from Milan, Italy. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 29

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 25/05/1987

PLACE OF BIRTH: Milan, Italy

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Italian/white

OCCUPATION: designer

EDUCATION: bachelor’s degree in design

AREA(S) OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS:

The subject lived in London for one year, and had been living in Bergamo (30 miles northeast of Milan) for one year at the time of this recording. Other than those two years, she has lived never outside Milan for more than six months.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

The subject declares no particular influences.

The text used in our recordings of scripted speech can be found by clicking here.

RECORDED BY: Patrizia Anesa

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 06/12/2016

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’m a graphic designer and, uh I — in the free time — I like travel and listen to music, go to concert, and, um, now I live in Bergamo. And, um, in my life I, I have work as, as swimming-pool teacher, and, um, now I only do graphic works. Um, when I have free time, I like travel. Last weekend I have been in Bucharest, and I joy — enjoy it, um, even if it was quite cold.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Patrizia Anesa

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 06/12/2016

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY:

The subject’s speech shows the following characteristics:

• realization of /ɪ/ and /ʊ/ as [i] and [u]
• realization of /ŋ/ as [ŋɡ]
• h-dropping
• replacement of schwa [ə] with full vowels

COMMENTARY BY: Patrizia Anesa

DATE OF COMMENTARY (DD/MM/YYYY): 06/12/2016

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