On the Temporal Structure of Estonian Secondary-Stressed Feet

Pajusalu, Karl; Viitso, Tiit-Rein; Help, Toomas; Lippus, Pärtel; Niit, Ellen; Teras, Pire

doi:10.3176/lu.2005.2.03

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“…A recent study [7] dealing with four-to six-syllable words with Q1 feet in the two outermost peripheries of the Estonian language area -Võru in the South-East and Saaremaa in the West -indicated that the lengthening of the vowel of the unstressed syllable is not a constant characteristic. This lengthening was absent in the pronunciation of Võru informants, or occurred minimally at the end of words, which might partly be influenced by wordfinal lengthening.…”

Section: Vowel Lengthening In the Unstressed Syllable Of Q1 Feetmentioning

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The temporal structure of penta- and hexasyllabic words in Estonian

Lippus,

Pajusalu,

Teras

2006

Speech Prosody 2006

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This article concentrates on five-and six-syllable Estonian words consisting of two or more metric feet of the first quantity degree (Q1), comparing the temporal structures of the feet. After an introductory discussion of the problems related to secondary stressed feet, the article first of all deals with half-length of unstressed syllables in Q1 feet. This is followed by an analysis of durations and duration ratios of primary and secondary stressed Q1 feet of five-and six-syllable words. It appears that in these long words the temporal structure of Q1 feet is not similar. It differs from the structure of Q1 feet of shorter (di-to tetrasyllabic) words where there is a significant lengthening of the unstressed vowel (V2). The results show that in Estonian the whole structure of prosodic word determines the temporal structure of feet.

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Section: Vowel Lengthening In the Unstressed Syllable Of Q1 Feetmentioning

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“…The length of Estonian word stems is one to nine syllables, but most frequently, Estonian words consist of one to six syllables [7].…”

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