Segmental Inventory and Sociolectal Diversity in Philippine English Phonology: Insights from the Maximum Entropy Grammar

• Main Author: Magpale, Teri An Joy G
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2024
• Subjects: Philippine English; phonology; sociolectal variation; segmental inventory; Maximum Entropy Grammar; Other English Language and Literature
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/jeal/vol3/iss2/3; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/jeal/article/1111/viewcontent/2_magpale_revised.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study examines phonological variations in Philippine English (PhE) across acrolect, mesolect, and basilect sociolects by analyzing vowel and consonant realizations. Using the Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) model, these variations were investigated through auditory judgment and acoustic measurements o...