The segmentation Clause Samples

The segmentation. It is important to notice that each of the two authors carried out the same procedure independently (see table 1 for the number of segments measured). The measurements were taken with Praat as described below. Firstly, each sample was segmented into inter- pausal strings. Secondly, each sound was identified and classified as consonantal or vocalic (following a careful evaluation of its phonological status) and its length was measured with an approximation of