Longitudinal analysis in adults - Antarctica

Motivation
The main objective is to determine whether adults when isolated over a long period of time begin to develop a common, shared accent following the principles of communication density.

Zielgruppe
Adults who are isolated in a small group for several months: winterers in Antarctica.
Recruitment from the British Antarctic survey (heterogeneous accents)

Procedure

• Recordings of subjects:
• before they leave for Antarctica
• 2-3 time points when they are in Antarctica
• when they return from Antarctica
• Observe phonetic changes over the time points
• Apply the agent-based model to determine the degree of convergence between ABM predicted and observed changes

Language

• English with a mixture of accent backgrounds