The present study is an experimental investigation of tonal alignment and syllabification as a function of stress production in Greek. The results of a production experiment show that the onset of the tonal rise alignment of the stressed syllable is within a 0-48 ms region. This tonal alignment is associated with the first intervocalic consonant, unless the phonotactic structure of the syllable on the right is violated. These findings indicate that tonal production structure and tonal alignment are major acoustic correlates of syllabification. On the other hand, the phonotactic structure of the syllable on the right overrides any syllabification on the basis of the open syllable structure, which is predominant in Greek.

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