Duration differences in the articulation and acoustics of Swiss German word-initial geminate and singleton stops
Stops in Swiss German contrast only in quantity in all word positions; aspiration and voicing play no role. As in most languages with consonant quantity contrast, geminate stops are produced with significantly longer closure duration (CD) than singletons in an intersonorant context. This holds word...
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Acoustical Society of America
2008
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