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. 2012 Feb;131(2):1325–1336. doi: 10.1121/1.3672708

TABLE II.

Starting and ending α for each place-pitch contour.

Rising pitch contours Falling pitch contours
Starting α Ending α Δα Starting α Ending α Δα
0.20 0.80 +0.6 0.80 0.20 −0.6
0.25 0.75 +0.5 0.75 0.25 −0.5
0.30 0.70 +0.4 0.70 0.30 −0.4
0.35 0.65 +0.3 0.65 0.35 −0.3
0.40 0.60 +0.2 0.60 0.40 −0.2
0.45 0.55 +0.1 0.55 0.45 −0.1