Is “Intrinsic Vowel Duration” Bio-Mechanical or More? Preliminary Results from Northwestern Italian
Published online on January 02, 2026
Abstract
Language and Speech, Ahead of Print.
A well-known property of vowel duration is that it tends to be mediated by vowel height: higher vowels are usually shorter than lower vowels (aka “intrinsic vowel duration”). Results from previous work on a limited number of languages suggest two possible ...
A well-known property of vowel duration is that it tends to be mediated by vowel height: higher vowels are usually shorter than lower vowels (aka “intrinsic vowel duration”). Results from previous work on a limited number of languages suggest two possible ...