Anticipatory shortening

From Glottopedia
Revision as of 14:25, 20 February 2009 by Wohlgemuth (talk | contribs) (div)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
STUB


The duration of a vowel in the first syllable of a word is shortened when the number of syllables that follow the stressed syllable increases. This effect is called anticipatory shortening.

See also

Audiodemonstration

Link

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

CAT This article needs proper categorization. You can help Glottopedia by categorizing it
Please do not remove this block until the problem is fixed.