Iambic-Trochaic Law Effects among Native Speakers of Spanish and English
The Iambic-Trochaic Law (Bolton, 1894; Hayes, 1995; Woodrow, 1909) asserts that listeners associate greater intensity with group beginnings (a loud-first preference) and greater duration with group endings (a long-last preference). Hayes (1987; 1995) posits a natural connection between the prominenc...
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| Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2016-10-01
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| Series: | Laboratory Phonology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.journal-labphon.org/articles/42 |