Across diverse languages, a fascinating phenomenon occurs: word-initial consonants are systematically lengthened. This subtle lengthening, often imperceptible to untrained ears, demonstrates a ...

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Now, for the first time, comparative linguists have observed a pattern of acoustic effects that may serve as a distinct marker across diverse languages: the systematic lengthening of consonants at the ...

A new study published in the journal *Language* reveals that word-initial consonants tend to be systematically lengthened across a wide range of languages. This finding challenges previous assumptions ...

To find out how this is possible, a team of linguists has analysed durations of consonants at different positions in words and utterances across a diverse sample of languages. They have found that ...

To find out how this is possible, a team of linguists has analyzed durations of consonants at different positions in words and utterances across a diverse sample of languages. They have found that ...