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voiceless fricative onsets, which can negatively influence following vowel duration. The
majority of these were later replaced. Example stimuli are given in (46), with target
vowels in boldface.
(46) Syllable 2 vs. Syllable 1
CV(C).CaC.CV(C) vs. CaC.CV(C).CV(C)
[kaj.mak.»tSµ] vs. [mak.buz.»dZu]
cream-agt receipt-agt
cream maker/seller/enthusiast receipt maker/seller/enthusiast
As in English, each stimulus was placed in three frame sentences, such that it would
appear initially in three different prosodic constituents. The level intermediate here
between Utterance and Phonological Word is in all likelihood an Intonational Phrase,
though to my knowledge no comprehensive study exists of prosodic phrasing in Turkish.
The three prosodic environments selected are shown in (47). In each environment the
target word is the initial (non-head) element in a compound. The word-initial
environment makes that compound the head of an NP. These particular constructions are
quite natural sounding, many street names in Turkey taking this form.
(47) Turkish Frame Sentences
Utterance-initial: U[Phr[X sokaµ tSok gyzel bir jerdir
street very nice one place-pred
X street is a very nice place.
Phrase-initial: U[Phr[bana sorarsan] Phr[X sokaµ tSok gyzel bir jerdir
I-dat ask-cond street very nice one place-pred
If you ask me, X Street is a very nice place.
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