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Acoustic correlates of word stress: A cross-linguistic survey

  • Matthew Gordon EMAIL logo und Timo Roettger
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 8. August 2017

Abstract

The study of the acoustic correlates of word stress has been a fruitful area of phonetic research since the seminal research on American English by Dennis Fry over 50 years ago. This paper presents results of a cross-linguistic survey designed to distill a clearer picture of the relative robustness of different acoustic exponents of what has been referred to as word stress. Drawing on a survey of 110 (sub-) studies on 75 languages, we discuss the relative efficacy of various acoustic parameters in distinguishing stress levels.

Acknowledgments

The authors thank Shigeto Kawahara, an anonymous reviewer, and the Department of Phonetics in Cologne for their helpful comments and feedback on an earlier version of this manuscript. Any remaining errors or misconceptions are our own.

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Received: 2017-3-7
Accepted: 2017-4-26
Published Online: 2017-8-8

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