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Stress pattern | Syllable 1 | Syllable 2 | Syllable 3 | Syllable 4 | |
| One-stress words | Weak | Strong | Weak | Weak |
| Two-stress words | Strong | Weak | Strong | Weak |
Isolation reading | |||||
One-stress words (NNS) |
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| Syllable duration | 163 (23) | 191 (23) | 159 (15) | 256 (32) |
| Peak intensity | 64.08 (4.85) | 69.16 (5.15) | 64.96 (5.10) | 61.08 (4.14) |
One-stress words (NS) |
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| Syllable duration | 142 (21) | 184 (19) | 139 (14) | 209 (32) |
| Peak intensity | 64.62 (2.00) | 69.80 (3.94) | 65.03 (3.09) | 61.78 (2.26) |
Two-stress words (NNS) |
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| Syllable duration | 166 (25) | 154 (17) | 209 (23) | 290 (19) |
| Peak intensity | 65.65 (5.40) | 65.98 (4.87) | 67.41 (4.95) | 60.66 (3.94) |
Two-stress words (NS) |
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| Syllable duration | 149 (26) | 128 (15) | 185 (22) | 243 (40) |
| Peak intensity | 68.56 (3.08) | 65.85 (2.87) | 67.36 (3.97) | 61.31 (2.46) |
Sentence reading | |||||
One-stress words (NNS) |
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| Syllable duration | 150 (17) | 193 (27) | 146 (24) | 219 (27) |
| Peak intensity | 67.52 (4.70) | 70.96 (5.21) | 67.35 (5.03) | 68.43 (5.21) |
One-stress words (NS) |
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| Syllable duration | 137 (18) | 178 (18) | 120 (14) | 166 (20) |
| Peak intensity | 67.80 (3.00) | 72.51 (3.83) | 67.78 (2.94) | 68.63 (3.57) |
Two-stress words (NNS) |
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| Syllable duration | 170 (26) | 134 (23) | 205 (22) | 240 (22) |
| Peak intensity | 69.40 (5.40) | 67.34 (4.72) | 70.27 (5.18) | 67.41 (5.11) |
Two-stress words (NS) |
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| Syllable duration | 162 (15) | 109 (13) | 180 (19) | 182 (26) |
| Peak intensity | 71.58 (3.05) | 68.00 (3.63) | 71.00 (3.84) | 67.34 (3.21) |