and_spgp.txt (last modified 951102) ________________________________________________________________________________ SPEAKER CLASSIFICATION & GROUPING within the ANDOSL (1993-1995) corpus. Data was recorded from a total of 264 speakers. Of these, 138 were non accented Australian English speakers (AuE), and 126 were accented Australian English speakers (AcE). A. Age (all speakers) Speakers were selected from three age groups; 18-30 years, 31-45 years, and 46 years and over. An additional age group was included for the accented speakers. See below. B. Gender/Sex (all speakers) Equal numbers of male and female speakers were selected. C. Sociolect (applicable only to the AuE speakers) The sample of Australian speakers contains an approximately equal number of speakers from the three classifications of Australian English designed by Mitchell & Delbridge 1965. No new classification schemes were attempted. The variables which distinguish these sociolects have been established by previous linguist study. (Bernard, J.R. 1981; Horvath, B.M. 1985; Mitchell A,G, & Delbridge A, 1965) Very few speakers show only those variables found to be indicative of their sociolect, and most range across all three to a greater or lesser extent. This will be evident in the speakers' speech materials. The speakers selected were subjectively categorised into the three categories- 'Cultivated' (sometimes called 'Educated') 'General' and 'Broad Australian' - based on which category the speaker most represented. Agreement between three linguists was reached in categorising speakers. A good coverage of the diversity of speech types was a major goal, so the speakers represent variants from the extreme end of the Educated classification to the extreme end of the Broad classification. This provides the users of the data with sufficient speaker variation to re-classify the speakers if required, as it is not anticipated that all users of the data will agree with all sociolect speaker categorisations. The speakers were selected from the population of Sydney and surrounding districts and, with the exception of four, were born in Australia. Most were of Anglo/Saxon/Celtic origin. Three speakers, though born in Australia, came from non-English speaking backgrounds. Cell Numbers Six speakers for every age/gender/sociolect classification were selected for dissemination by maximising both the spread of characteristics within each classification and the quality of the signal recordings. D. Accented Speakers (AcE) A further collection of speakers was required to represent those Australians for whom English is not the mother tongue. The criteria for selection in the overseas born AcE group were:- The speaker must * have arrived after the age of 14 years; * have been born in the country in which the language specified is spoken; * lived there primarily until at least the age of 14; * speak the language specified as a first language; * preferably have emigrated directly to Australia and not through another English-speaking country; * be able to read English with a reasonable degree of fluency; and * sound accented to the researchers. a.) detailed group In the first instance 48 speakers each from Lebanese Arabic and South Vietnamese speaking background were selected and recorded. For these two groups for whom in-depth material is available there are four age-related categories -- three where these AcE speakers arrived in the country after the age of 14 years (1) 18-30 years; (2) 31-45 years; (3) 46+ years, and (4) an extra 18-30 year category where the speakers were born in Australia or arrived in Australia before the age of 14 years. (of a Lebanese- or Vietnamese-speaking background). b.) Reference speakers. A single speaker from the following linguistic backgrounds was recorded as a basis for future collection.... Italian, Greek, Cantonese, Serbian-Croatian, South Vietnamese, North Vietnamese(2), Lebanese Arabic, German(2), Polish, and South American Spanish (Chilean). References Clyne M (1991) "Community Languages The Australian Perspective" CUP Sydney. Bernard J. 1981 "Australian Pronunciation" The Macquarie Dictionary Sydney Horvath B. (1985) "Variation in Australian English" Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. Mitchell A. & Delbridge A. (1965) "The Pronunciation of English in Australia" Sydney. Angus & Robertson. Vonwiller J., Rogers I., Cleirigh C. & Lewis W. (forthcoming) "Speaker and Material Selection for the Australian National Database of Spoken Language" Journal of Quantitative Linguistics ________________________________________________________________________________ APPENDIX: relationships between speakers S001/S002 unfamiliar S003/S004 friends S005/S006 unfamiliar S007/S008 unfamiliar S009/S010 unfamiliar S011/S012 spouse S013/S014 unfamiliar S015/S016 colleagues S017/S018 colleagues S019/S020 unfamiliar S021/S022 unfamiliar S023/S024 unfamiliar S025/S026 spouse S027/S028 unfamiliar S029/S030 colleagues S031/S032 unfamiliar S033/S034 unfamiliar S035/S036 unfamiliar S037/S038 friends S039/S040 friends S041/S042 unfamiliar S043/S044 familiar S045/S046 unfamiliar S047/S048 friends S049/S050 unfamiliar S051/S052 unfamiliar S053/S054 partners S055/S056 unfamiliar S057/S058 unfamiliar S059/S060 colleagues and also flatmates S061/S062 spouse S063/S064 spouse S065/S066 unfamiliar S067/S068 friends and also flatmates S069/S070 unfamiliar S071/S072 unfamiliar S073/S074 unfamiliar S075/S076 spouse S077/S078 unfamiliar S079/S080 friends and also flatmates S081/S082 unfamiliar S083/S084 unfamiliar S085/S086 unfamiliar S087/S088 friends S089/S090 friends S091/S092 spouse S093/S094 unfamiliar S095/S096 friends S097/S098 unfamiliar S099/S100 friends S101/S102 father/son S103/S104 unfamiliar S105/S106 colleagues S107/S108 unfamiliar S109/S110 spouse S111/S112 son/mother S082/S113 unfamiliar S114/S115 unfamiliar S116/S117 colleagues S118/S119 spouse S120/S121 unfamiliar S122/S123 unfamiliar S124/S125 familiar S126/S085 unfamiliar S127/S128 brothers S129/S130 unfamiliar S131/S132 spouse S133/S134 unfamiliar Other relationships not covered by MAP task primary relationships. S003 wife of S022 and sister-in-law of S045 S005 wife of S007 and mother of S133 S006 brother of S009 and son of S011 & S012 S007 husband of S005 and father of S133 S009 brother of S006 and son of S011 & S012 S011 mother of S006 & S009 S012 father of S006 & S009 S015 father of S049 S022 husband of S003 and brother of S045 S043 son of S091 & S092 S045 brother of S022 and brother-in-law of S003 S049 daughter of S015 S052 daughter of S104 & S101 and sister of S102 S063 mother of S072 S064 father of S072 S067 daughter of S099 S072 daughter of S063 and S064 S073 wife of S031 S091 mother of S043 S092 father of S043 S095 son of S108 S099 mother of S067 S101 husband of S104 S102 son of S104 and S101 S104 mother of S102 and wife of S101 S108 father of S095 S133 daughter of 005 & S007 ________________________________________________________________________________