i Vietnam national university, Hanoi
University of languages and international studies
Faculty of Post graduate studies

DON MINH MO

A comparative acoustic study of Hanoi
Vietnamese and general American
English monophthongs

Phân tích âm học so sánh hệ thống nguyên âm đơn Tiếng Việt Hà Nội và tiếng Anh
Mỹ Phổ thông

A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Post Graduate Studies,
University of Languages and International Studies, VNU, Hanoi
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Master of Arts
in
English Linguistics
Code: 60.22.15

HA NOI 2012

Code: 60.22.15 Supervisor: Pham Xuan Tho, M.A.
HA NOI 2012

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LIST OF TABLES

Table
Title Page
1
The first and second formant frequencies of all the subjects for
each vowel.
34
2
The values of the first and the second token of each sound
produced by each speaker.
47
3