Articulatory characteristics of preboundary lengthening in interaction with prominence on tri-syllabic words in American English.
Kim Sahyang, Jang Jiyoung, Cho Taehong·The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
This study investigated articulation of preboundary lengthening (PBL) in tri-syllabic pseudo words (bábaba, babába, bababá) in American English. Results from 10 speakers showed that PBL was modulated by the degree of prominence, i.e., the less prominent, the more PBL. PBL was attracted to the penultimate…