Vowel duration in stressed position in central & northern varieties of standard Italian

Hajek, John and Stevens, Mary (2011): Vowel duration in stressed position in central & northern varieties of standard Italian. A pilot study. Proceedings of the 17th international congress of phonetic sciences, Hong Kong, 17. -21. August 2011. Lee, Wai-Sum (ed.) : In: Proceedings of the 17th international congress of phonetic sciences, Hong Kong: City University. pp. 803-806

Abstract

We report the results of a pilot study investigating the effect of 2 regional accents on stressed vowel duration according to word-position and syllable type in Central v. Northern accents of Standard Italian. While there is overall convergence, we also find significant regional differences in some contexts, i.e. closed syllables, and antepenultimate position. We then consider the implications of our results for the phonological description and phonetic investigation of Italian.

• Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Report)
• Keywords: Italian, vowel duration, syllable compression, stress, lengthening, regional variation
• Faculties: Languages and Literatures > Department 2 > Speech Science
• Subjects: 400 Language > 400 Language
• Place of Publication: Hong Kong
• Language: English