Abstract
Abstract: The present research was designed to provide additional data on stop closure durations as a function of (1) voicing, (2) stress, (3) position, and (4) place-of-articulation. Six subjects, three males and three females, produced a series of nonsense disyllables of the form CVCVC in a carrier phrase. The test consonant was systematically varied with respect to voicing, stress and position-in-disyllable. Results indicated that: (1) stress effects on stop closure duration vary as a function of stop voicing, (2) the effects on stop closure duration of position-in-word vary according to place of articulation, (3) stop voicing effects on duration are greatest for final stops, and that at least one case (initial stressed) shows voiced stops to have greater duration than voiceless stops, and (4) bilabials have longer closure durations than lingua-alveolars or dorsals in all conditions, although the magnitude of the effect varies with other factors.
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