Segmental durations in connected-speech signals: Syllabic stress

Analyses into the effect of syllabic stress on the durations of speech sounds have been performed on the recordings produced by six talkers reading two scripts of approximately 300 words each. The texts, the combined visual–auditory marking technique, and preliminary results were reported earlier in Crystal and House [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 72, 705–716 (1982)] and further results were reported in Crystal and House [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. XX, XXX–XXX (1988a)]. The average durations and standard deviations of various classes of speech sounds, as well as individual speech sounds, have been determined in syllables where the stress characteristic is known. Measurements are compared to earlier data and to various pertinent published reports.