Debbie Loakes

Sociophonetics of Australian English

Deborah Loakes

Book Chapter  |  2019

This collection provides a detailed account of Australian English by bringing together leading scholars of this English variety.

A sociophonetic analysis of vowels produced by female Irish migrants: Investigating second dialect contact in Melbourne

Chloe Diskin, Deborah Loakes, Joshua Clothier, Ben Volchok

Conference Proceedings  |  2019

We present preliminary results of an acoustic analysis of monophthongal vowels produced by five female Irish migrants in Melbourne..

Tracking vowel categorization behaviour longitudinally: a study across three x three year increments (2012, 2015, 2018)

Deborah Loakes, Paola Escudero, Joshua Clothier, John Hajek

Conference Proceedings  |  2019

Longitudinal data provide a unique opportunity to address questions around language change, and speaker/listener behaviour. Proces..

The /el/-/æl/ merger in Australian English: Acoustic and articulatory insights

Chloé Diskin, Debbie Loakes, Rosemary Billington, Hywel Stoakes, Simón Gonzalez, Sam Kirkham

Conference Proceedings  |  2019

This paper investigates a merger-in-progress of /e/-/æ/ in prelateral contexts for speakers of Australian English in Victoria. Twe..

Sociophonetic variablity of postvocalic /t/ in Aboriginal and mainstream Australian English

D Loakes, Kirsty McDougall, Joshua Clothier, John Hajek, Janet Fletcher

Conference Proceedings  |  2018

This paper analyses post-vocalic /t/ variability in controlled speech across two groups, both L1 Aboriginal English and mainstream..

Pitch accent variation and realization in interactive discourse in Australian English

Janet Fletcher, Debbie Loakes

Conference Proceedings  |  2018

This paper examines pre-nuclear and nuclear pitch accent variation and realization in map task interactions for Standard Australia..

Varietal differences in categorisation of /ɪ e æ/: A case study of Irish and Australian English listeners in Melbourne

Chloé Diskin, Debbie Loakes, Joshua Clothier

Conference Proceedings  |  2018

This paper presents results of a vowel categorisation task of front lax vowels in /hVt/, /hVl/ and /mVl/ contexts, by 12 native Au..

Coronal Stop VOT in Australian English: Lebanese Australians and Mainstream Australian English

Joshua Clothier, Debbie Loakes

Conference Proceedings  |  2018

This paper analyses variability in voice onset time (VOT) in Australian English (AusE) coronal stops, as produced by those of main..

Can you t[ae]ll I'm from M[ae]lbourne? An overview of the DRESS and TRAP vowels before /l/ as a regional accent marker in Australian English

Deborah Loakes, John Hajek, Janet Fletcher

Journal article  |  2017  |  English World-Wide

Short vowels in L1 Aboriginal English spoken in Western Victoria

D LOAKES, J Fletcher, J Hajek, J Clothier, B Volchok

Conference Proceedings  |  2016

Intonational correlates of subject and object realisation in Mawng (Australian)

J Fletcher, H Stoakes, R Singer, D Loakes

Conference Proceedings  |  2016  |  Proceedings of the International Conference on Speech Prosody

Vowels in Wunambal, a Language of the North West Kimberley Region

Deborah Loakes, Therese Carr, Lauren Gawne, Gillian Wigglesworth

Journal article  |  2015  |  Australian Journal of Linguistics

Child-caregiver interaction in two remote Indigenous Australian communities

J VAUGHAN, G Wigglesworth, D Loakes, S Disbray, K Moses

Journal article  |  2015  |  Frontiers in Psychology

This paper reports on a study in two remote multilingual Indigenous Australian communities: Yakanarra in the Kimberley region of W..

Accentual prominence and consonant lengthening and strengthening in Mawng

J Fletcher, H Stoakes, D Loakes, R Singer

Conference Proceedings  |  2015

An Investigation of the /el/-/ae l/ Merger in Australian English: A Pilot Study on Production and Perception in South-West Victoria

Deborah Loakes, Joshua Clothier, John Hajek, Janet Fletcher

Journal article  |  2014  |  Australian Journal of Linguistics

An electro-palatographic study of consonant sequences in Iwaidja

J FLETCHER, D Loakes, A Butcher

Conference Proceedings  |  2014

Identifying /el/-/æl/: A comparison between two regional Australian towns

D Loakes, J Hajek, J Clothier, J Fletcher

Conference Proceedings  |  2014

Children's language input: A study of a remote multilingual Indigenous Australian community

Deborah Loakes, Karin Moses, Gillian Wigglesworth, Jane Simpson, Rosey Billington

Journal article  |  2013  |  Multilingua

Writing Aboriginal English & creoles: Five case studies in Australian education contexts

S Disbray, D Loakes

Journal article  |  2013  |  Australian Review of Applied Linguistics

Texts in Aboriginal English (AE) and creole varieties have been created by Indigenous and non-Indigenous writers for a range of pu..

From IPA to Praat and beyond

DE Loakes

Book Chapter  |  2013

Creole speakers and standard language education

G Wigglesworth, R Billington, D Loakes

Journal article  |  2013  |  Language and Linguistics Compass

Speakers of creole languages experience educational disadvantage in schools that teach in the standard language of their region, b..

Sound Change in Australian English: Preliminary Results

E LEWIS, DE Loakes

Conference Proceedings  |  2012  |  Proceedings of the 14th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology

Vowel perception in Victoria: variability, confusability and listener expectation

DE Loakes, N GRAETZER, JT Hajek, J Fletcher

Conference Proceedings  |  2012  |  Proceedings of the 14th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology.

Developing Tests for the Assessment of Traditional Language Skill: A Case Study in an Indigenous Australian Community

Deborah Loakes, Karin Moses, Jane Simpson, Gillian Wigglesworth

Journal article  |  2012  |  Language Assessment Quarterly

Naplan language assessments for Indigenous children in remote communities: Issues and problems

G Wigglesworth, J Simpson, D Loakes

Journal article  |  2011  |  Australian Review of Applied Linguistics

The National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) assessments are designed to assess literacy and numeracy of all A..

/æl/-/el/ transposition in Australian English: Hypercorrection or a competing sound change?

DE Loakes, JT Hajek, J Fletcher

Conference Proceedings  |  2011  |  Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences

(Mis)perceiving /el/ ~ /æl/ in Melbourne English: a micro-analysis of sound perception and change

DEL Loakes, JTH Hajek, JF Fletcher

Conference Proceedings  |  2010  |  Proceedings of the 13th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology

Interpreting rising intonation in Australian English

J FLETCHER, D LOAKES

Conference Proceedings  |  2010  |  Speech Prosody 2010

Issues in the perception of the /el/ ~ /ael/ contrast in Melbourne: Perception, production and lexical frequency effects

DEL Loakes, JTH Hajek, J Fletcher

Conference Proceedings  |  2010  |  Proceedings of the 13th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology

The /el/-/æl/ sound change in Australian English: A preliminary perception experiment.

D LOAKES, J HAJEK, J FLETCHER

Conference Proceedings  |  2010  |  Selected Papers from the 2009 Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society

The Big Australian Speech Corpus (The Big ASC)

M Wagner, D Tran, R Togneri, P Rose, D Powers, M Onslow, DEL Loakes, T Lewis, T Kuratate, Y Kinoshita, N Kemp, S Ishihara, J Ingram, JTH Hajek, DBG Grayden, R Gocke, JF Fletcher, D Estival, J Epps, R Dale, et al.

Conference Proceedings  |  2010  |  Proceedings of the 13th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology 2010

Aspects of nasal realization and the place of articulation imperative in Bininj Gun-Wok

JF Fletcher, A Butcher, DEL Loakes, HMS Stoakes

Conference Proceedings  |  2010  |  Proceedings of the 13th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology

Individual Variation in the Frication of Voiceless Plosives in Australian English: A Study of Twins' Speech

Deborah Loakes, Kirsty McDougall

Journal article  |  2010  |  Australian Journal of Linguistics

A Blueprint for a Comprehensive Australian English Auditory-Visual Speech Corpus

J FLETCHER, J HAJEK, D LOAKES

Conference Proceedings  |  2009  |  Selected Proceedings of the 2008 HCSNet Wokshop on Designing the Australian National Corpus: Mustering Languages

A Blueprint for a Comprehensive Australian English Auditory-Visual Speech Corpus

D Burnham, E Ambikairajah, J Arciuli, M Bennamoun, CT Best, S BIRD, AR Butcher, S Cassidy, G Chetty, FM Cox, A Cutler, R Dale, JR Epps, J FLETCHER, R Goecke, D GRAYDEN, J HAJEK, JC Ingram, S Ishihara, N Kemp, et al.

Conference Proceedings  |  2009  |  Selected Proceedings of the 2008 HCSNet Workshop on Designing the Australian National Corpus: Mustering Languages

Developing a Quality Spoken Component of the Australian National Corpus

J MULDER, C Penry Williams, D LOAKES

Conference Proceedings  |  2009  |  Selected Proceedings of the 2008 HCSNet Workshop on Designing the Australian National Corpus: Mustering Languages

A forensic phonetic investigation into the speech patterns of identical and non-identical twins

D Loakes

Journal article  |  2008  |  International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law: Forensic Linguistics

Coarticulation in nasal and lateral clusters in Warlpiri

Janet Fletcher, Deborah Loakes, Andrew Butcher

Conference Proceedings  |  2008  |  Proceedings of Interspeech 2008 incorporating SST 2008

Phonetically prestopped laterals in Australian Languages: A preliminary investigation of Warlpiri

Deborah Loakes, Andrew Butcher, Janet Fletcher, Hywel Stoakes

Conference Proceedings  |  2008  |  Proceedings of Interspeech 2008 incorporating SST 2008

SPECTRAL AND DURATIONAL PROPERTIES OF VOWELS IN KUNWINJKU

J FLETCHER, HM STOAKES, D LOAKES, undefined Butcher

Conference Proceedings  |  2007  |  Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences

Frication of Australian English /p t k/: Group tendencies and individual differences

D LOAKES, K MCDOUGALL

Conference Proceedings  |  2007  |  Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences

Variation in Long-Term Fundamental Frequecncy: Measurements from Vocalic Segments in Twins' Speech

D LOAKES

Conference Proceedings  |  2006  |  Proceedings of the 11th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology

Intonational variation in adolescent conversational speech: rural versus urban patterns

J FLETCHER, D LOAKES

Conference Proceedings  |  2006  |  Speech Prosody

Patterns of rising and falling in Australian English

J FLETCHER, D LOAKES

Conference Proceedings  |  2006  |  Proceedings of the 11th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology