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Query Subject:	Articulatory qualities of vowels depending on coda
Author:	Theodore Stern
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Linguistic LingField(s):	Applied Linguistics Phonetics Phonology

Query:	I am looking for information or references based on experimentation for the properties of vowels before different consonant sets. I am interested particularly in an articulatory context, for example: It is well known that a vowel will be inherently longer before a voiced segment than before a non-voiced segment. I am interested in the articulatory reasons for this and other consequences of distribution. I know that the glottis must fully close before a nonvoiced stop. For the anticipation of this closure, the anticipation of cessation of phonation, or both; I am interested on the effects on the end of the vowel - specifically tongue contour effects (ATR, because intuitively it would cause retraction) and tongue position in general. I doubt that the complexity of this can be responded in an email, but any references to studies of contrastive effects of consonants on preceding vowels from an articulation (and perhaps, consequently, acoustic) perspective would be greatly appreciated. GA and/or RP would be most helpful, but any language or dialect would suffice for a better understanding.
LL Issue:	23.214
Date posted:	12-Jan-2012
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