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How YouTubers' voices evolve, with Andrew Cheng

2025/5/8
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Andrew Cheng: 我研究了YouTuber的口音变化,发现人们在成年后可以习得第二种方言,并改变自己的发音习惯。我的研究使用了YouTuber的视频作为长期语音数据,这在传统语言学研究中是很难获得的。我发现,搬迁会影响YouTuber的口音,但并非完全改变。变化主要体现在元音上,因为元音的发音位置更灵活,更容易发生细微的改变。例如,夏威夷英语的特点之一是元音单化,而加州英语中,元音“a”的发音会受到后缀辅音的影响。我发现,YouTuber的口音变化很细微,许多变化只有仔细聆听才能察觉。人们改变说话方式的原因,很大程度上与社会地位和对特定口音的评价有关。使用现成数据进行研究的缺点是缺乏对变量的控制,需要考虑听众效应等因素。但研究YouTuber的语音变化,可以促进语言学研究,并吸引更多人关注语言学。 Mignon Fogarty: 作为一名播客主持人,我也注意到自己说话方式在不同情境下的差异,例如在预先写好的脚本和即兴访谈中的不同。这与Andrew的研究结果相符,也体现了语言变化的复杂性和细微性。

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  1. Linguist Andrew Cheng explains why people’s accents shift over time, especially when they move—and how YouTubers make perfect data subjects. If you've ever cringed at your old voice recordings, this one’s for you.

Andrew Cheng is a professor of linguistics at the University of Hawaii. You can find him on Bluesky at  LinguistAndrew.)

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