Word edge tones in Spanish prenuclear accents

In this paper we analyse the alignment patterns of H prenuclear accents in Spanish so as to examine whether prenuclear rises in declarative sentences can be interpreted as a sequence of an L* pitch accent and an H word edge tone. A production test was designed consisting of 20 pairs of ambiguous se...

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Main Author: Eva Estebas Vilaplana
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universitat de Barcelona 2006-12-01
Series:Estudios de Fonética Experimental
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Online Access:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/experimentalphonetics/article/view/44337