Drifting without an anchor: how pitch accents withstand vowel loss

We offer an analysis of the influence exerted by segmental rules on the suprasegmental structure in the dialect of Ipiros Greek (IG). In particular we investigated how vowel deletion (VD) affects the phonetic realization of the L*+H pitch accent. Our data empirically establish that the H tone aligns...

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Main Authors: Baltazani, M, Kainada, E
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2015