Some Notes on Syllable Structure in Articulatory Phonology
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Catherine P. Browman
Abstract
Two approaches to seeking stable patterns in the gestural organization of speech are examined: local organization (individual gestures coordinated with other individual gestures) and global organization (gestures forming larger conglomerates). Articulatory evidence from American English words with a variety of initial consonants and clusters shows that syllable-initial consonants form a global organization (indexed by a metric we term the C-center) that is coordinated with the syllable’s vowel gesture. For syllable-final consonants, however, the evidence suggests that a local organization is employed: The first postvocalic consonant gesture is coordinated with the vowel gesture. Implications of these different styles of organization for the perceptual and phonological structure of speech are discussed.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Further Section
- Contents, Vol. 45, 1988
- Special Section
- Contents, Vol. 45, No. 2-4, 1988
- Articulatory Organization: from Phonology to Speech Signals
- Introduction by Editor
- Feature Geometry and Dependency: A Review
- Labial Articulation Patterns Associated with Segmental Features and Syllable Structure in English
- Prediction of Velum Movement from Phonological Specifications
- Some Notes on Syllable Structure in Articulatory Phonology
- Articulatory Timing and the Prosodic Interpretation of Syllable Duration
- Motor Programs and Hierarchical Organization in the Control of Rapid Speech
- Further Section
- Index autorum
- Publications Received for Review
Articles in the same Issue
- Further Section
- Contents, Vol. 45, 1988
- Special Section
- Contents, Vol. 45, No. 2-4, 1988
- Articulatory Organization: from Phonology to Speech Signals
- Introduction by Editor
- Feature Geometry and Dependency: A Review
- Labial Articulation Patterns Associated with Segmental Features and Syllable Structure in English
- Prediction of Velum Movement from Phonological Specifications
- Some Notes on Syllable Structure in Articulatory Phonology
- Articulatory Timing and the Prosodic Interpretation of Syllable Duration
- Motor Programs and Hierarchical Organization in the Control of Rapid Speech
- Further Section
- Index autorum
- Publications Received for Review
