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| name           = [http://speechprosody2010.illinois.edu/papers/100108.pdf The position of clitics in Persian intonational structure ]
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|author= Vahideh Abolhasani Zadeh, Carlos Gussenhoven, Mahmood Bijankhan
|country= University of Tehran, Iran, University Nijmegen, Netherlands,   Queen Mary University of London, UK
|type= Article
|pages= 4
|language= English
|media_type= web article [http://speechprosody2010.illinois.edu/papers/100108.pdf]
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By [[User:Atena| Atena]]

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'''Key Terms:'''
 clitic group
 phonological word
 prosodic hierarchy
 focus
 pitch range

'''Summary:'''

Persian clitic groups differ from words. Most importantly, a
pitch accent (L+)H* is associated with the word-final (i.e.
base-final) syllable of clitic groups, but with the word-final
syllable of words, meaning that clitics remain outside the
domain of the word. The pitch accent marks the stress, but we
found no independent durational or spectral differences
between stressed and unstressed syllables. Interestingly, the
intonational distinction between words and clitic groups
remains intact in the stretch of speech after the focus. Unlike
Germanic, Persian post-focal words are accented, though
pronounced with reduced pitch range.