Variation in Vowel Quality as a Feature of Estonian Quantity
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چکیده
In Estonian, disyllabic feet can be in short (Q1), long (Q2), or overlong (Q3) quantity degree. The feet are left headed. Phonologically it is a combination of a stressed vowel and/or following consonant that carries the quantity (see Table 1). The duration of the second syllable compensates for the variation of the first syllable, being long in Q1, short in Q2 and extra-short in Q3. The quantity can be described as the ratio of syllable rhyme duration, e.g. [1], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [12], or by comparing the V1 duration with the weighted sum of segment durations within a foot, e.g. [14].
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