The speech material

The speech material recorded in the POLYPHONE project consists of 32 read items, 14 extemporaneous answers to printed questions, and 4 extemporaneous answers to questions not printed on the response sheet.

The material to be read consists of the following items:

• 12 numbers (digit strings, natural numbers, guilder amounts, postal codes)
• 2 city names
• 4 application words (e.g. start, accounts payable, tomorrow, etc.)
• 3 spelled words, designed in such a way that all letters of the alphabet occur approximately with equal frequency
• 1 date and 1 time
• 4 sentences with an application word
• 5 phonetically rich sentences, designed in such a way that each speaker would realise all phonemes of Dutch at least once.

The following list of printed questions is asked:

• Is Dutch your native language?
• Did you ever live in another country than the Netherlands?
• Would you volunteer to participate in another study like this one?
• What is your last name?
• What is your house number?
• What is the name of the street you are living?
• What is your postal code?
• In which city do you live?
• In which cities did you grow up?
• Are you a man or a woman?
• What is your age?
• Which code represents your education level?
  (1 = primary school, 2 = high school, 3 = college/university)
• Please, say a familiar phone number.
• Please, give your comments about this recording session.

The following unprinted questions are asked:

• Please, spell your name.
• Are you calling from your home phone?
• Are you using a cordless telephone?
• What time is it now?