Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) by Subject "Acoustic analysis"
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Frogs about town : aspects of the ecology and conservation of frogs in urban habitats of South Africa
(North-West University, 2014)Globally urbanisation impacts on 88% of amphibian species and is recognised as a major cause for the observed amphibian declines. This is as result of habitat fragmentation, alteration in habitat morphology and degradation ... -
Regionality in white South African English : an acoustic dialectometric investigation
(2015)There is general consensus in the literature that White South African English (SAE hereafter) historically had a number of regional dialects; but the regional component to this variety was levelled in the mid-20th century. ... -
The vowels of South African English
(North-West University, 2008)This thesis provides a comparative analysis of vowel quality in South African English (SAE) using the following data: firstly, the existing impressionistic literature on SAE and other relevant accents of English, the ...