@article {Деспотова1981, title = {Анализ на основния тон Fo при дългата гласна [i:] и при кратката гласна [I]}, journal = {Съпоставително езикознание / Сопоставительное языкознание / Contrastive linguistics}, volume = {6}, year = {1981}, pages = {48{\textendash}53}, abstract = {The movement of the basic tone Fo is considered by some phoneticians as a significant, though insufficiently investigated field which can account for native language interference and the presence of a foreign accent. The analysis aims at establishing the objective change of that quantity which is registered through its absolute values in the so-called long and short vowels. The object of analysis is a contrastive study of the data obtained from one and the same phonological material, pronounced by English and Bulgarian informants; the ultimate aim is to check M. Durand{\textquoteright}s statement about the linguistic significance of the basic tone in the differentiation between the English long and short vowels.}, author = {Деспотова, Вера Г.} }