TEMPORAL ASPECT OF GENDER VARIABILITY IN ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION (CORPORA STUDY)

Abstract

The article is devoted to temporal research of gender variability of English pronunciation. It is shown that gender studies in linguistics occupy an important place, which is confirmed by the quantity and quality of conducted research. It is substantiated that gender studies in phonetics require the use of special software, and the ability of the user to create his/her own speech sub-corpora not only significantly reduces the time for collecting and processing the illustrative material, but also expands the range of ongoing research. The developed system of speech mark up is described, its main components are presented, as well as research capabilities of the speech corpora created on its basis. As an example, a temporal study of speech of youth from the cities of Belfast, London, Bradford, Leeds and Cambridge, Dublin, Newcastle and Cardiff was carried out. It found differences between the speech of young boys and girls when reading a text and it also showed regional differences at the temporal level.