Everyday experience tells us that it is often possible to identify a familiar speaker solely by
his/her voice. Such observations reveal that speakers carry individual features in their …

Linguistic experiments have investigated the nature of F0 span and level in cross-linguistic
comparisons. However, only few studies have focused on the elaboration of a general …

For second‐generation members of a diaspora community, ethnic and cultural affiliation are
less straightforward than for the first generation. We compare information on identity …

Speech prosody, the rhythm and intonation in particular, plays an important role in
communication of meaning. Rising vs. falling intonation contours signaling the speaker's …

Received Pronunciation (RP) has been widely described linguistically (Wells 1982, 1991,
1997), although little sociolinguistic research has been carried out on it (Fabricius 2000; …