Durational variability in Vowel-Consonant-Vowel sequences in Greek: The influence of phonetic identity, context and speaker

The paper investigates durational variability in Vowel-Consonant-Vowel (VCV) sequences, due to factors such as the phonetic identity of the segments involved, the context and the speaker. The speech material consisted of Greek real words containing VCV sequences with V=/i,a/ and C=/p,t,s/. The influence of the three factors on the durations of Vowel 1 (VI), Vowel 2 (V2), Consonant (C), and of the total VCV sequences are examined. In addition, further analyses are report­ed for VOT and VTT (voice termination time, i.e., carryover voicing during the consonant). The results show significant influence of all three parameters on the durations examined. The empirical findings are discussed with reference to rele­vant literature