Preaspiration in the Nordic Languages: Synchronic and Diachronic ...
Preaspiration in the Nordic Languages: Synchronic and Diachronic ...
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åten type words, MP’s mean VPrO duration is 156 ms, CK <strong>and</strong> FS<br />
have a mean duration of 209 ms <strong>and</strong> 217 ms respectively, <strong>and</strong> GT has an<br />
<strong>in</strong>termediate value of 175 ms. The shorter overall durations of MP are<br />
also reflected <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> duration of <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>dividual elements (V, Pr <strong>and</strong> O).<br />
Probably, MP’s shorter durations reflect that his speech rate is faster than<br />
for <strong>the</strong> three female subjects (cf. section 4.2.1).<br />
Table 4–5. Mean durations (<strong>in</strong> ms) of V(owel), Pr(easpiration) <strong>and</strong> O(cclusion)<br />
for four word types with word-medial <strong>and</strong> word-f<strong>in</strong>al stops <strong>and</strong> for all four<br />
subjects. In <strong>the</strong> last column, np <strong>in</strong>dicates <strong>the</strong> number of occurrences <strong>in</strong> which<br />
preaspiration was at least 5 ms long, <strong>and</strong> n <strong>in</strong>dicates <strong>the</strong> total number of<br />
occurrences. St<strong>and</strong>ard deviations are given with<strong>in</strong> paren<strong>the</strong>ses.<br />
GT<br />
CK<br />
MP<br />
FS<br />
V Pr O VprO np/n<br />
båten 96 (28) 8 (12) 72 (31) 175 (49) 16/39<br />
vatten 97 (25) 20 (20) 104 (97) 220 (113) 25/39<br />
att 65 (23) 1 (2) 48 (16) 114 (25) 1/10<br />
norrut 75 (16) 2 (4) 79 (29) 156 (37) 4/17<br />
båten 115 (51) 19 (21) 75 (56) 209 (109) 42/73<br />
vatten 105 (30) 38 (23) 90 (60) 233 (94) 77/84<br />
att 53 (24) 5 (12) 57 (23) 115 (44) 5/28<br />
norrut 125 (58) 28 (24) 83 (34) 236 (102) 32/43<br />
båten 95 (29) 6 (11) 55 (25) 156 (53) 50/144<br />
vatten 72 (17) 10 (14) 70 (40) 152 (55) 38/95<br />
att 55 (19) 1 (2) 52 (32) 108 (41) 4/43<br />
norrut 71 (22) 3 (6) 56 (31) 130 (46) 16/69<br />
båten 120 (43) 30 (23) 67 (26) 217 (75) 92/108<br />
vatten 95 (27) 45 (26) 90 (49) 230 (79) 85/90<br />
att 66 (11) 14 (15) 39 (14) 118 (21) 6/12<br />
norrut 101 (42) 27 (19) 71 (31) 199 (79) 37/45<br />
As for preaspiration duration (Pr), <strong>the</strong> subjects CK <strong>and</strong> FS have far<br />
longer means than GT <strong>and</strong>, especially, MP. MP’s mean preaspiration<br />
durations range from 1 to 10 ms for <strong>the</strong> different word types, <strong>and</strong> GT’s<br />
durations from 1 to 20 ms. CK’s mean preaspiration durations range<br />
between 5–38 ms, <strong>and</strong> FS’s means, which are by far <strong>the</strong> longest, range<br />
from 14 to 45 ms.<br />
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