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In the second experiment we proposed that a given consonant C will be shorter in a cluster CC than in intervocalic position and that the duration of consonants in Spanish reflects their affiliation in the structure of the syllable. CC sequences will show greater compression (less duration) when both consonants belong to the same syllable. In particular, there is greater compression in stop+liquid sequences (by hypothesis, tautosyllabic) than in liquid+stop sequences (by hypothesis, heterosyllabic). 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