Inhalt

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   Eigenständigkeitserklärung
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   Zusammenfassung
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   Acknowledgements
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   Contents
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   List of Figures
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   List of Tables
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   1 Introduction
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   I Theoretical Background
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  2 Efficiency-Based Explanations of Speech Patterns
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   2.1 Introduction
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  2.2 Review
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   2.2.1 Hyper- and Hypoarticulation Theory
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   2.2.2 Optimality Theory and Related Approaches
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   2.2.3 Embodied Task Dynamics
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   2.2.4 Other Approaches
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   2.2.5 Criticisms of Efficiency-Based Explanations in Speech Science
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   2.3 Discussion
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  3 Suprasegmental Speech Timing
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   3.1 Introduction
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  3.2 Prominence Effects
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   3.2.1 Introduction
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   3.2.2 Review
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   3.2.3 Summary
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  3.3 Positional Effects
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   3.3.1 Introduction
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   3.3.2 Review
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   3.3.3 Summary
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  3.4 Constituent Length Effects
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   3.4.1 Introduction
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   3.4.2 Review
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   3.4.3 Summary
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  3.5 Effects of Overall Speaking Rate
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   3.5.1 Introduction
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   3.5.2 Review
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   3.5.3 Summary
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   3.6 Overall Summary
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  4 Explanatory Accounts of Suprasegmental Speech Timing
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   4.1 Introduction
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  4.2 Review
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   4.2.1 Oscillatory Models
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   4.2.2 The Converter/Distributor Model
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   4.2.3 Other Approaches
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   4.3 Discussion
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   II Model Definition and Results
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  5 Model Definition
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   5.1 Introduction
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  5.2 Model Components
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   5.2.1 Effort Cost E
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   5.2.2 Perception Cost P
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   5.2.3 Duration Cost D
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   5.3 Optimization
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   5.4 Discussion
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  6 Testing Predictions of Models of Speech Timing
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   6.1 Introduction
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  6.2 A study of Constituent Length Effects in English
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   6.2.1 Introduction
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  6.2.2 Corpus Analysis
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   6.2.2.1 Material and Methods
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   6.2.2.2 Results
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   6.2.3 Discussion
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  6.3 Investigating Regression Results on Inter-Stress Interval Duration
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   6.3.1 Introduction
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   6.3.2 Analysis
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   6.3.3 Discussion
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   6.4 General Discussion
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  7 Incompressibility
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   7.1 Introduction
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  7.2 Corpus analyses
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   7.2.1 Data and Method
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   7.2.2 Results
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   7.2.3 Discussion
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  7.3 Modeling Durational Incompressibility
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   7.3.1 Basic Model
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   7.3.2 Modified Model
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   7.4 Discussion
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  8 Modeling Effects of Prominence, Position and External Conditions on Suprasegmental Speech Timing
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   8.1 Introduction
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  8.2 Prominence Effects
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   8.2.1 Interaction of Stress and Accent
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   8.2.2 Constituent Length Effect in Accented Words
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   8.3 Effects of Overall Speaking Rate: Time Constraints and Global Hyperarticulation
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   8.4 Positional Effects
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   8.5 Discussion
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   9 Conclusion
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   Bibliography
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   Appendix A: Source Code of the Optimization-Based Model of Speech Timing
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   Appendix B: Source Code of the Mass-Spring Model