Kirčiuotų akūtinių ir cirkumfleksinių dvibalsių trukmė lietuvių bendrinės kalbos frazėse

Santrauka

The purpose of this research was to study the differences of duration between diphthongs with the falling and rising accent in present-day Lithuanian utterances. The results obtained have revealed that:

1) diphthongs with the falling accent are longer than diphthongs with the rising accent;

2) diphthongs /ai/, /au/ pronounced with the falling and rising accent differ in duration;

3) there is almost no difference of duration in the diphthongs /ei/, /uo/, /ie/ pronounced with the falling and rising accent;

4) according to their duration diphthongs may be classified into three groups:

the longest: au, ai

medium: ei

the shortest: uo, ie

5) duration of the diphthongs /au/, /ai/ is determined by their first component;

6) diphthongs with the rising accent in the speech of female subjects show no difference in duration.