Data Sets

Brunei

ASEAN

Hong Kong + Taiwanese — HK2 : 1816

S1 = Taiwanese female
S2 = Hong Kong male

Context: S2 has just said that the purpose of art is not just to allow people to appreciate beauty, but also to raise awareness.

S2 : ... the social issue (.) and everything (.) because (.) we said that art is related with truth you know (.) and artist you know

S1 : sorry the truth?

S2 : yeah the truth (.) you know if this is truth you know (.) but a lot of thing you know (.) the government doesn’t really like you know

Intended Words : art is related

Heard as : artists we live

Discussion : The main problem is that the sound at the start of related is pronounced as [w].

In asking for clarification, S1 asks what occurs before truth, but S2 misunderstands this and thinks she wants explanation about truth.