Word-initial lengthening of consonants in non-WEIRD languages

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Nature Human Behaviour Pub Date : 2024-09-30 DOI:10.1038/s41562-024-01989-3

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Abstract

We found that across a sample of 51 diverse languages, consonants at the beginning of words are on average 13 ms longer than their non-initial counterparts. Considering that this finding is robust across languages from all over the world, we argue that this effect helps to mark the boundaries of different words in the continuous stream of speech.

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非 WEIRD 语言中辅音的词首延长

我们发现，在 51 种不同语言的样本中，单词开头的辅音比非开头的辅音平均长 13 毫秒。考虑到这一发现在世界各地的语言中都很稳定，我们认为这一效应有助于在连续语流中标记不同单词的边界。

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Nature Human Behaviour Psychology-Social Psychology

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36.80

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227

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