Preaspiration in the Nordic Languages: Synchronic and Diachronic ...

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Figure 4–85. Range of durations of preaspiration in word-medial and wordfinal
fortis stops for three older (OM1–OM3) and three younger (YM1–YM3)
male Gräsö subjects in the SWEDIA 2000 database. (Explanations for boxand-whisker
plots are provided in the footnote to Figure 4–4.)
Finally, Figure 4–86 plots preaspiration duration against the combined
duration of vowel and preaspiration for all six Gräsö subjects. As
with the preaspirating Central Standard Swedish (CSw) subjects (see section
4.2.3.2), preaspirations in VC syllables have a greater Pr/VPr ratio
(i.e., comprise more of the vowel + preaspiration interval) than do preaspirations
in VC syllables. Also, in terms of absolute durations, Gräsö
preaspirations are generally longer than CSw preaspirations. Note, however,
that although these Gräsö data are not from read speech, all measurements
are taken from words spoken in isolation, and can therefore be
expected to yield longer durations that those observed in the CSw data.