10 Jul 2007

Conference preparation posters

Research on the prosodic structure of languages has been based on processes such as durational patterns and sandhi phenomena. One of the underlying assumptions is that such processes signal, and are regulated by, the same structure. This poster presents preliminary results testing this assumption by investigating the effect of boundary strength on two processes in parallel, namely pre-boundary lengthening and resolution of external (between-words) vowel hiatus in Modern Greek. Results show that a) pre-boundary lengthening is influenced by boundary strength in a hierarchical gradient manner, and b) degree of coalescence (F2 values at the mid point of vowels in hiatus) is not influenced by boundary strength. Preliminary results also suggest that the first vowel (V1) of vowels in hiatus is not elided in Greek. (To be presented at the ICPhS.)

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