Phonetics and Phonology of Cypriot Geminates in Spontaneous Speech
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The analysis of spontaneous speech in Cypriot Greek reveals considerable variability in duration of consonants. Consonants preserve a contrast in duration under the same phonological conditions, which should therefore be regarded as a phonological opposition rather than the effect of phonetic factors. It is also argued that spontaneous Cypriot speech shows considerable influence from Standard Modern Greek, which accounts for additional variation in the duration and articulation of consonants.
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