Gestural characterisation of vowel length contrasts in Australian English

Louise Ratko, Michael I. Proctor, Felicity Cox

Abstract: Highlights•Lingual movement to target is truncated in short vowels compared to long vowels.•In short vowels, lingual movement to target is shorter and smaller, but not stiffer than long vowels.•Short vowel syllables have more intergestural overlap than long vowel syllables.•Syllables with the short vowel /ɐ/ exhibit more VC overlap than those with /ɐː/