Abstract The Pairwise Variability Index (PVI) has been widely used as a metric for quan-
tifying rhythm in languages, often with a view to placing them on a continuum between …

This thesis is a detailed investigation of the phonology and phonetics of the intonation of
Persian carried out in the framework of the AM theory of intonational phonology. Based on …

Estonian belongs to the Finnic branch of the Finno-Ugric language family and is closely
related to Finnish. It has about one million native speakers in Estonia and about 150,000 …

Research on the music-language interface has extensively investigated similarities and
differences of poetic and musical meter, but largely disregarded melody. Using a measure of …

Although the declensional system of Estonian exhibits considerable inflectional variation,
nominals can be assigned to a small number of classes based on implicational relations …

This paper expands a recent pilot experiment [3] on Estonian rhythm within the
quantificational approach to the study of rhythm, using the Pairwise Variability Index (PVI) …

The last decades have witnessed a shift from anecdotal remarks concerning the “marriage”
of music and lyrics in songs towards a more scientific approach to the matter. Textsetting has …

This paper examines the durational characteristics of vowels and consonants in
contemporary Soikkola Ingrian, discusses the phonological interpretation of durational …

Abstract The Pairwise Variability Index (PVI), a measure of how much unit-to-unit variation
there is in speech, has been used as a correlate of rhythmic impressions such as 'syllable …

It is a chilly fall day. There is a slight drizzle. I am headed for a conversation with Muris. That
is how she, this woman born in 1941, encourages me to call her when I ask what …