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Intrinsic Duration.<br />

Duration<br />

Vowel length is tied to vowel height (low vowels tend to be longer<br />

than high vowels).<br />

Intrinsic duration in Swedish (Elert, 1964):<br />

long short<br />

high /i y u/ 140 95<br />

mid /e ! "/ 155 103<br />

low /æ œ #/ 164 111<br />

DiCanio (DDL) Features 24/3/10 19 / 24

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