The acoustics of Estonian Swedish long close vowels as compared to Central Swedish and Finland Swedish
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This pilot study investigates the phonetic realisation of Estonian Swedish long close vowels comparing them with Central Swedish and Finland Swedish counterparts. It appears that in the Rickul variety of Estonian Swedish there is a distinction between only three long close vowels. The analysed vowels of Estonian Swedish are more similar to those of Central Swedish than Finland Swedish, as measured by the Euclidean distance. Further research with more data is needed to establish the exact vowel space and phonetic characteristics of Estonian Swedish dialects.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009