Elongation Verification

Listen to examples and verify elongation patterns

How to Use

  1. Click the green PLAY button to hear each example
  2. Listen for the highlighted word - is it longer than normal?
  3. Compare categories: Turn-final words should sound longer than mid-sentence words
  4. Duration shown in milliseconds (ms) - higher = longer
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Matched Word Pairs Turn-Final (English) Mid-Sentence (English) High Break Index (3-4) Low Break Index (0-1) Spanish Turn-Final Spanish Mid-Sentence
Matched Word Pairs

SAME word from SAME speaker in different positions - compare turn-final vs mid-sentence

"s-"
Speaker: A
+1467 ms
Turn-Final
1680 ms
Mid-Sentence
212 ms
"next"
Speaker: B
+950 ms
Turn-Final
1230 ms
Mid-Sentence
280 ms
"no"
Speaker: B
+929 ms
Turn-Final
1140 ms
Mid-Sentence
210 ms
"rhino"
Speaker: A
+972 ms
Turn-Final
1252 ms
Mid-Sentence
280 ms
"the"
Speaker: B
+2057 ms
Turn-Final
2105 ms
Mid-Sentence
47 ms
"mm"
Speaker: B
+1065 ms
Turn-Final
1192 ms
Mid-Sentence
127 ms
"knee"
Speaker: A
+835 ms
Turn-Final
967 ms
Mid-Sentence
132 ms
"windmill"
Speaker: A
+792 ms
Turn-Final
1175 ms
Mid-Sentence
382 ms
"eyeball"
Speaker: B
+777 ms
Turn-Final
1155 ms
Mid-Sentence
377 ms
"so"
Speaker: A
+850 ms
Turn-Final
1000 ms
Mid-Sentence
150 ms
"safe"
Speaker: A
+739 ms
Turn-Final
1140 ms
Mid-Sentence
400 ms
"informaciones" (ES)
Speaker: m12r
+400 ms
Final de turno
1036 ms
Mitad de frase
635 ms
"del" (ES)
Speaker: m14r
+379 ms
Final de turno
469 ms
Mitad de frase
90 ms
"violencia" (ES)
Speaker: f15a
+375 ms
Final de turno
935 ms
Mitad de frase
560 ms
"ochenta" (ES)
Speaker: f13r
+304 ms
Final de turno
679 ms
Mitad de frase
374 ms
"soldados" (ES)
Speaker: m10a
+300 ms
Final de turno
750 ms
Mitad de frase
450 ms
"que" (ES)
Speaker: f15a
+340 ms
Final de turno
420 ms
Mitad de frase
80 ms
"médico" (ES)
Speaker: m12r
+295 ms
Final de turno
633 ms
Mitad de frase
337 ms
"precios" (ES)
Speaker: m10a
+290 ms
Final de turno
620 ms
Mitad de frase
330 ms
Turn-Final (English)

Words at the END of a speaker turn - should sound LONGER

"pass"
1418 ms
"good"
1307 ms
"fast"
1270 ms
"rhino"
1252 ms
"yay"
1245 ms
"rhinoceros"
1229 ms
"overlaps"
1205 ms
"windmill"
1175 ms
"lost"
1160 ms
"hi"
1157 ms
"eyeball"
1155 ms
"wow"
1110 ms
"diagonal"
1110 ms
"oreo"
1076 ms
"rhinoceros"
1043 ms
Mid-Sentence (English)

Words in the MIDDLE of speech - for comparison

"touching"
410 ms
"uu"
410 ms
"leaf"
410 ms
"top"
410 ms
"opposite"
410 ms
"tennis"
410 ms
"blue"
410 ms
"top"
410 ms
"now"
410 ms
"beneath"
410 ms
"beneath"
410 ms
"yellow"
410 ms
"card"
410 ms
"have"
410 ms
"guy"
410 ms
High Break Index (3-4)

Words before major phrase boundaries - should sound LONGER

"expresses"
1383 ms
"episodes"
1347 ms
"confessed"
1330 ms
"western"
1320 ms
"ridiculous"
1292 ms
"classes"
1290 ms
"Nassau"
1277 ms
Low Break Index (0-1)

Words within phrases - for comparison

"steady"
393 ms
"lost"
394 ms
"come"
394 ms
"doggy"
395 ms
"outdoor"
395 ms
"[laughter-he's]"
395 ms
"and"
396 ms
"earlier"
396 ms
"difference"
396 ms
"different"
397 ms
"today"
397 ms
"most"
397 ms
"already"
397 ms
Spanish Turn-Final

Palabras al FINAL del turno - deberían sonar MÁS LARGAS

"antigubernamentales"
1391 ms
"sociodemográfico"
1220 ms
"irregularidades"
1214 ms
"antigubernamentales"
1187 ms
"incompatibilidad"
1150 ms
"contraindicadas"
1146 ms
"irregularidades"
1140 ms
"contraindicadas"
1140 ms
"sociodemográfico"
1137 ms
"incompatibilidad"
1129 ms
"fundamentalmente"
1127 ms
"precipitadamente"
1125 ms
"expresamente"
1107 ms
"psicológicas"
1096 ms
"extraordinaria"
1077 ms
Spanish Mid-Sentence

Palabras en MEDIO de la oración - para comparar

"comisión"
430 ms
"comunidad"
430 ms
"constan"
430 ms
"próximos"
430 ms
"ciudadana"
430 ms
"noveles"
430 ms
"jerónimo"
430 ms
"pérdidas"
430 ms
"presidente"
430 ms
"familia"
430 ms
"situación"
430 ms
"empleos"
430 ms
"señalado"
430 ms
"resultó"
430 ms
"sumarse"
430 ms