Durational effects of phrasal stress

Alice Turk

doi:10.1075/z.189.25tur

Durational effects of phrasal stress

Alice Turk

School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

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In this chapter, I discuss experimental evidence for the stretches of speech whose durations are affected by phrasal stress (also called the domain of accentual lengthening). This topic relates to Vincent van Heuven’s work on
the phonetic correlates of stress. I summarize two findings, namely (1) phrasal stress can affect the duration of multiple syllables, and (2) the durational effects of phrasal stress can be influenced by constituent structure. I then discuss two interpretations of these findings (1) that phrasal stress lengthens a continu-
ous domain, and (2) that it targets multiple sites, some of which appear to be optional. I present evidence that supports the second interpretation, and end by discussing remaining problems and questions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Above and Beyond the Segments. Experimental linguistics and phonetics
Editors	Johanneke Caspers, Yiya Chen, Willemijn Heeren, Jos Pacilly, Niels O. Schiller, Ellen van Santen
Publisher	John Benjamins Publishing Company
Pages	311-322
ISBN (Electronic)	9789027269065
ISBN (Print)	9789027212160
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1075/z.189.25tur
Publication status	Published - Dec 2014

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Turk, A. (2014). Durational effects of phrasal stress. In J. Caspers, Y. Chen, W. Heeren, J. Pacilly, N. O. Schiller, & E. van Santen (Eds.), Above and Beyond the Segments. Experimental linguistics and phonetics. (pp. 311-322). John Benjamins Pub Co. 10.1075/z.189.25tur
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