The Segment in Articulatory Phonology

A case is made that articulatory phonology is realistic in being adapted to public language use. In articulatory phonology, the status of the segment is judged to be an empirical issue. To date, there is evidence both for and against an idea that phonetic gestures coalesce into segmental units. The...

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Published inThe Segment in Phonetics and Phonology pp. 23 - 43
Main Author Fowler, Carol A
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 04.05.2015
Subjects
articulatory phonology
coarticulation
duality of patterning
particulate principle
phonetic gestures
phonetic segments
phonological segments
speech errors
speech production
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Summary:A case is made that articulatory phonology is realistic in being adapted to public language use. In articulatory phonology, the status of the segment is judged to be an empirical issue. To date, there is evidence both for and against an idea that phonetic gestures coalesce into segmental units. The conclusion is offered that there are almost segmental units in articulatory phonology.
ISBN:9781118555408
1118555406
DOI:10.1002/9781118555491.ch2