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Why did coarticulation evolve?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1998

Ignatius G. Mattingly
Ignatius G. Mattingly
Affiliation:
Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT 06511 [email protected] www.haskins.yale.edu
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Abstract

The locus equation proposal ignores a fundamental difference between human speech perception and nonhuman echolocation and sound localization, offers a questionable account of the function of consonant-vowel coarticulation, and is further undermined if the effects of other forms of coarticulation are considered. The function of coarticulation is to convey phonetic information rapidly and reliably.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , April 1998 , pp. 275 - 276
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© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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