AbstractThis paper is a modest contribution to the understanding of vocalic strength. Our aim is to show that the strength of consonants and the strength of vowels can be unified. For this, we propose that the only factor of strength is length. More precisely: branching segments are stronger and segments sharing their positions with other segments are weaker. We discuss several examples of phenomena related to vowels which illustrate this strength hierarchy.

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关于元音强度的注释

摘要本文对理解发声强度做出了微薄的贡献。我们的目的是表明辅音的强度和元音的强度是可以统一的。为此，我们建议强度的唯一因素是长度。更准确地说：分支段更强，与其他段共享其位置的段更弱。我们讨论了几个与元音相关的现象例子，这些例子说明了这种强度等级。