Prosodic Strengthening of /sCV/ Sequences in English
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This study examined the effects of prosodic boundary and prominence on English /sCV/ sequences. One important finding was that the domain-initial strengthening effect was not strictly confined to the first segment, but it could extend over the entire /sCV/ sequence, although it was further modulated by prominence. Another important finding was shortening of VOT for the voiceless stop in /sCV/ under prosodically strong environments, suggesting that prosodic strengthening operates on a phonological rule as a way to reinforce its phonetic outcome. Finally, we found evidence that boundary-induced strengthening and prominence-induced strengthening were separately encoded, but not in an exclusively independent way.
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