The phonetics of suprasegmentals - Linguistics - University of ...
The phonetics of suprasegmentals - Linguistics - University of ...
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Duration<br />
American English vowel duration (Hillenbrand et al., 1995)<br />
/i/ 282 ms /u/ 273 ms<br />
/I/ 226 ms /U/ 229 ms<br />
/eI/ 300 ms /oU/ 300 ms<br />
/E/ 226 ms /5/ 216 ms<br />
/æ/ 311 ms /O/ 318 ms<br />
/a/ 300 ms /ô/ 297 ms<br />
Lower vowels are longer than higher vowels.<br />
Lax vowels /I, E, U, 5/ are shorter than non-lax vowels, with a<br />
difference ratio <strong>of</strong> 1:1.33.<br />
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