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for word-medial stops <strong>in</strong> VC syllables, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> rightmost box for wordmedial<br />

stops <strong>in</strong> VC syllables. (Note, however, that word-<strong>in</strong>itial preaspiration<br />

duration is not available for subjects ES). Medians, means <strong>and</strong><br />

st<strong>and</strong>ard deviations are provided <strong>in</strong> Table 4–20.<br />

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Figure 4–94(a–d). Durations of preaspiration for word-<strong>in</strong>itial <strong>and</strong> word-medial<br />

fortis stops <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Western Ål<strong>and</strong> data. The scale of <strong>the</strong> figures extends to 120<br />

ms so that <strong>the</strong>se graphs be directly comparable to o<strong>the</strong>r graphs <strong>in</strong> this section.<br />

<strong>Preaspiration</strong> durations are fairly short for all three contexts. In <strong>the</strong><br />

unscripted data (i.e., subjects MG, AJ <strong>and</strong> NK), word-<strong>in</strong>itial preaspirations<br />

are by far <strong>the</strong> shortest, with a mean duration of 4–5 ms. <strong>Preaspiration</strong><br />

duration seldom exceeds 40 ms, <strong>and</strong> for all three subjects <strong>the</strong> median<br />

is 0, <strong>in</strong>dicat<strong>in</strong>g that most <strong>in</strong>stances have no preaspiration whatsoever.<br />

ES

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