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I would like to thank Toni Borowsky, Lisa Selkirk, John McCarthy, Michael Kenstowicz, Roger Higgins, Alan Prince and two anonymous reviewers for helpful comments.
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Myers, S. Vowel shortening in English. Nat Lang Linguist Theory 5, 485–518 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00138987
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