We have recently analyzed data from German and English (see Weirich et al. 2016, JSLHR, Mumbling: Macho or morphology?) which might explain some differences between males and females in accented syllables. I am wondering to what extent similar results exist in other languages as well.
hi Susanne,
I havent noticed male-female differences...mostly, I have been looking at small numbers of speakers. However,.I did a paper using about 40 some speakers from the xray microbeam data....but...I didnt even look at gender differences. can you send me a copy of your JSLHR paper? my off-hand guess would be that the amount of jaw displacement may also have to do with a speaker's personality type, i.e., extroverts open their mouths more.
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The paper is on researchgate, just search for Mumbling: Macho or Morphology?
It is probably a mixture of biological factors, dialect, personality etc - as usual ;)
If you ever find such differences (or not), please let me know.
All the best for you
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