Syllable position

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)