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Final aspiration as a phrase boundary cue in Swedish: the case of att 'that'

Johansson, Victoria LU ; Horne, Merle LU orcid and Strömqvist, Sven LU (2001) In Working Papers, Lund University, Dept. of Linguistics 49.
Abstract
The Swedish word att /at/ is associated with two grammatical functions: a) (part of) a subordinate conjunction and b) an infinitive marker. This pilot study, with 5 short spontaneous discourses from 3 male speakers shows a correlation between pauses after att, and aspiration of /t/ in att, where aspiration can be interpreted as a kind of final lengthening involving the release phase of the stop consonant. We also show a tendency for att with aspiration to be associated with the grammatical function of subordinate conjunction. Further, we are able to show a tendency for the infinitive marker to be unaspirated in the normal case, while the subordinate conjunctions are characterized by final aspiration in 40 % of the cases.
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  abstract     = {{The Swedish word att /at/ is associated with two grammatical functions: a) (part of) a subordinate conjunction and b) an infinitive marker. This pilot study, with 5 short spontaneous discourses from 3 male speakers shows a correlation between pauses after att, and aspiration of /t/ in att, where aspiration can be interpreted as a kind of final lengthening involving the release phase of the stop consonant. We also show a tendency for att with aspiration to be associated with the grammatical function of subordinate conjunction. Further, we are able to show a tendency for the infinitive marker to be unaspirated in the normal case, while the subordinate conjunctions are characterized by final aspiration in 40 % of the cases.}},
  author       = {{Johansson, Victoria and Horne, Merle and Strömqvist, Sven}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Working Paper}},
  series       = {{Working Papers, Lund University, Dept. of Linguistics}},
  title        = {{Final aspiration as a phrase boundary cue in Swedish: the case of att 'that'}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/6191622/624501.pdf}},
  volume       = {{49}},
  year         = {{2001}},
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