Abstract
Two opposing explanations of the timing of consonants and vowels are that (1) they are timed relative to each other, or (2) vowels are produced in a continuous rhythm with consonants superimposed on them [Fowler, J. Exp. Psychol. 112, 386–412 (1983)]. Languages with different temporal properties, such as Japanese, a mora-timed language, and Italian, a syllable-timed language, might be expected to exemplify these different relationships. Speakers of each of these languages were recorded producing pairs of disyllabic words with medial consonants of contrasting length (single or geminate). Evidence from measures of acoustic duration and vowel-to-vowel coarticulation, shown by contextual changes in F2, suggest that Fowler's model (2) predicts the timing patterns found in Italian, while the other model (1) predicts the behavior of Japanese. [Work supported by NSF.]
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