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October 2, 2025Open Access

A crosslinguistic corpus phonetic analysis of intrinsic vowel duration

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ECEleanor ChodroffUniversity of British Columbia MZMiao ZhangUniversity of Zurich

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This analysis finds that high vowels are shorter than low vowels across 60 languages, suggesting a balance between phonetic uniformity and enhancement.

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High vowels were consistently shorter than low vowels in approximately 90% of language contrasts, indicating a notable phonetic trend across languages.
Using linear mixed-effects models, the study assessed duration differences, providing a substantial analysis beyond previous limited studies.
The findings highlight no enduring durational bias between high front and high back vowels, pointing to a deeper understanding of vowel duration.
The study re-evaluates the intrinsic vowel duration as a statistical universal influenced by phonetic realization pressures, rather than solely automatic factors.

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Chodroff et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68de84bf5b556a9128e1bdf2 https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/xchav_v1

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This analysis finds that high vowels are shorter than low vowels across 60 languages, suggesting a balance between phonetic uniformity and enhancement.

A crosslinguistic corpus phonetic analysis of intrinsic vowel duration

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A crosslinguistic corpus phonetic analysis of intrinsic vowel duration

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