Les systèmes vocaliques des dialectes de l'anglais britannique
Abstract
This paper is an attempt to characterize the vowel systems of the dialects of British English. We carried out a (semi-) automatic dial
ect identification procedure using [hVd] words. Our second aim was to examine to what extent the procedure allowed the description of
vowel systems. The method yields approximately 90% correct identification, and we show that it is not sensitive to gender differences, and may therefore be used for the description of vowel systems.