On the noncategorical perception of Cantonese level tones

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careful-͓t-i͔. ͑4͒ idet Ir'ina goes Irina fast-͓t-i͔; careful-͓t-i͔. Formants of ͓i͔ versus ͓-i͔ were measured to examine coarticulation, as evidenced by a barred i in the phonetic realization of /i/. Results showed that ͑A͒ stressed V1 of the final word has no coarticulatory effects in careful speech, whereas ͑B͒ stressed V2 adhered to the rule. 2aSC14. Effects of syllable structure and syllable boundary on segment duration in Seoul Korean. Byung-jin Lim ͑Dept. of Linguist.,