Coarticulation: Theory, Data and Techniques

by Edited by William J. Hardcastle , Nigel Hewlett

• ISBN13: 9780521440271
• ISBN10: 0521440270
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-02-13
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The variation that a speech sound undergoes under the influence of neighbouring sounds has acquired the well-established label coarticulation. The phenomenon of coarticulation has become a central problem in the theory of speech production. Much experimental work has been directed towards discovering its characteristics, its extent and its occurrence across different languages. This book is a major study of coarticulation by a team of international researchers. It provides a definitive account of the experimental findings to date, together with discussions of their implications for modelling the process of speech production. Different components of the speech production system (larynx, tongue, jaw, etc.) require different techniques for investigation and a whole section of this book is devoted to a description of the experimental techniques currently used. Other chapters offer a theoretically sophisticated discussion of the implications of coarticulation for the phonology-phonetics interface.

Table of Contents

List of figures	vii
List of tables	xii
List of Contributors	xii
Acknowledgments	xiv
Introduction	1	(6)
William J. Hardcastle
Nigel Hewlett
Part I Theories and models
The origin of coarticulation	7	(24)
Barbara Kuhnert
Francis Nolan
Coarticulation models in recent speech production theories	31	(38)
Edda Farnetani
Daniel Recasens
Part II Research results: components of the motor system for speech
Velopharyngeal coarticulation	69	(11)
Michel Chafcouloff
Alain Marchal
Lingual coarticulation	80	(25)
Daniel Recasens
Laryngeal coarticulation	105	(39)
Philip Hoole
Christer Gobl
Ailbhe Ni Chasaide
Coarticulatory investigations of the devoicing gesture:	107	(15)
Philip Hoole
Voice source variation in the vowel as a function of consonantal context:	122	(22)
Christer Gobl
Ailbhe Ni Chasaide
Labial coarticulation	144	(20)
Edda Farnetani
Lip and jaw coarticulation	164	(15)
Janet Fletcher
Jonathan Harrington
Part III Wider perspectives
Cross-language studies: relating language-particular coarticulation patterns to other language-particular facts	179	(20)
Sharon Manuel
Implications for phonological theory	199	(30)
Mary Beckman
Part IV Instrumental techniques
Palatography	229	(17)
Fiona Gibbon
Katerina Nicolaidis
Imaging techniques	246	(14)
Maureen Stone
Electromagnetic articulography	260	(10)
Philip Hoole
Noel Nguyen
Electromyography	270	(14)
William J. Hardcastle
Transducers for investigating velopharyngeal function	284	(10)
Michel Chafcouloff
Techniques for investigating laryngeal articulation	294	(28)
Philip Hoole
Christer Gobl
Ailbhe Ni Chasaide
Investigation of the devoicing gesture: Philip Hoole	294	(6)
Techniques for analysing the voice source: Christer Gobl and Ailbhe Ni Chasaide	300	(22)
Acoustic analysis	322	(15)
Daniel Recasens
References	337	(46)
Index	383