Cover -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The foot in phonological theory: an overview -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Definitional problems -- 1.3 The foot in phonological theory -- 1.3.1 Liberman and Prince (1977) vs. Prince (1983) and Selkirk (1984) -- 1.3.2 Halle and Vergnaud (1987) -- 1.3.3 Hayes (1995) -- 1.3.4 Government Phonology -- 1.4 The foot as the locus of phonological regularities -- 1.5 Extralinguistic arguments for the foot -- 1.6 'Footless' analyses of stress and rhythm -- 1.6.1 'Pure grid': stress without the foot? -- 1.6.2 Eurhythmy and the grid -- 1.6.3 Structural analogy: why syllables and not feet? -- 2. Methodological preliminaries and hypotheses -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2 Description of the experiment -- 2.2.1 Subjects, data and experimental procedure -- 2.2.2 Measurement criteria -- 2.3 Hypotheses -- 2.4 Some immediate answers -- 3. Duration -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Durational identity of isolated and phrase-final contexts -- 3.3 Duration of stressed vowels (V1) -- 3.3.1 V1 duration in mono-, di- and trisyllables -- 3.3.2 Significance of Pre-Fortis Clipping effects -- 3.4 Durational relations between stressed and unstressed vowels -- 3.4.1 V1~V2 relations in disyllables -- 3.4.2 V1~V2~V3 correlations in trisyllables -- 3.5 Final Lengthening in di- and trisyllabic items -- 3.6 Total vowel duration: isochrony reanalysed -- 3.6.1 Earlier studies on isochrony: a critical review -- 3.6.2 Total vowel duration -- 3.7 Conclusion -- 4. Pitch -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Pitch in isolated vs. phrase-final contexts: a comparison -- 4.3 Pitch of stressed vowels in mono-, di- and trisyllables -- 4.3.1 Mean pitch -- 4.3.2 Maximum pitch -- 4.3.3 Minimum pitch -- 4.3.4 Interrelations between mean, maximal and minimal pitch -- 4.4 Pitch slope in stressed vowels -- 4.5 Intervocalic pitch relations -- 4.5.1 Disyllabic items.

4.5.2 Trisyllabic items -- 4.6 Intervocalic pitch relations vs. pitch slope -- 4.7 Conclusion -- 5. Intensity -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Intensity in isolated vs. phrase-final context: a comparison -- 5.3 Intensity of stressed vowels in mono-, di- and trisyllables -- 5.3.1 Mean intensity -- 5.3.2 Maximum intensity -- 5.3.3 Minimum intensity -- 5.3.4 Interrelations between maximal and minimal intensity -- 5.4 Intensity slope in stressed vowels -- 5.5 Intervocalic intensity relations -- 5.5.1 Disyllabic items -- 5.5.2 Trisyllabic items -- 5.6 Conclusion -- 6. Interdependence of acoustic properties: evidence for the foot -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Intravocalic duration-pitch interdependence -- 6.2.1 Stressed vowels -- 6.2.2 Unstressed vowels -- 6.2.3 Interpretation of results -- 6.3 Intravocalic duration-intensity interdependence -- 6.3.1 Stressed vowels -- 6.3.2 Unstressed vowels -- 6.4 Intravocalic pitch-intensity interdependence -- 6.4.1 Stressed vowels -- 6.4.2 Unstressed vowels -- 6.5 Acoustic evidence for the foot: a synopsis of results -- 6.6 Conclusions: towards the acoustic foot definition -- 7. Theoretical implications: the epilogue -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Implications for Metrical Theory -- 7.3 Implications for Government Phonology -- Concluding remarks -- References.