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Hiatus resolution, also explained by vowel sequence realization, occurs when a vowel sequence that occupies two syllables in normative speech is reduced to a monosyllabic sequence. In this study, vowel sequence realization was examined by measuring the duration of word-boundary vowel sequences in the speech of Spanish speakers from Cali and Barranquilla, Colombia. Four variables (speaker gender, regional variety, speaking rate, and two-word string frequency) were analyzed to determine their effects on the duration of the unstressed vowel sequences , , , and .
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- Hiatus Resolution in Colombian Spanish: Analysis of Vowel Sequence Duration Across Word Boundaries
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- O'Connor, Christopher (Author)
- Gradoville, Michael (Thesis director)
- Walton-Ramirez, Anne (Committee member)
- File-Muriel, Richard (Committee member)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
- School of International Letters and Cultures (Contributor)
- School of Molecular Sciences (Contributor)
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2022-05
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