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3.6.3. Mixed Systems 224
3.6.4. Nasalization 228
3.6.5. Final vowel reduction and loss of contrasts 241
3.6.5.1. Lowering 241
3.6.5.2. Final reduction 245
3.6.5.3. The phonetics of final syllable reduction 250
3.7. Vowel Quantity in final syllables 259
3.7.1. Neutralization of quantity contrasts in final position 259
3.7.2. Final short vowel avoidance 271
3.8. Summary 273
Chapter 4. Initial Syllables 277
4.1. Recent work involving the phonology of the initial syllable 279
4.1.2. Previous proposals for the motivation of PN in stressed and initial syllables 280
4.1.3. Agenda for this chapter 284
4.2. Licensing asymmetries in initial position 285
4.3. The Phonetics of Initial Position 289
4.4. Initial-syllable strength effects 300
4.4.1. Initial syllables in languages with fixed initial stress 301
4.4.2. Other sources of duration in initial syllables 307
4.5. Vowel harmony and initial syllables 310
4.5.1. Initial syllables in English 311
4.5.1.1. Methods 312
4.5.1.2. Results 314
4.5.2. Initial syllables in Turkish 315
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