Tiers in articulatory phonology, with some implications for casual speech

Influences on articulatory timing in consonant sequences

“…e ., oral gestures) form possible onsets (or codas) if reassociated to the following vowel . (As it is the first consonant which is associated to both vowels , the status of possible onset seems to be the crucial one , Browman & Goldstein , 1990b , also citing Kent & Moll , 1975 , to this ef fect) . However , no explicit dif ferentiation between possible onset and possible coda is made in the rule formulation or discussion . )…”

“…It has been proposed by Browman & Goldstein (1990b) that consonants in sequence are phased so that the second consonant begins at the of fset (290 Њ ) of the preceding one . A consistent value of 0 for the index ⌬ C1 RELEASE TO C2 ONSET would correspond to such a phasing relationship .…”

“…Consistent dif ferences in absolute latency of C2 are not so readily apparent . Recall that the phasing relationship proposed by Browman & Goldstein (1990b) …”

“…Tongue tip consonants of any type may appear in this position , however . Davis (1990) Browman & Goldstein's (1990b) account of timing in consonant sequences , which bears both on degree of overlap and variability in overlap . Within this framework ''associated'' consonants are phased with respect to one another by a rule synchronizing the onset of C2 to the of fset of C1 .…”

“…g ., Kenyon , 1951 ;Jones , 1956 ;Abercrombie , 1967 ;Catford , 1977 ;MacKay , 1978 ;Hardcastle & Roach , 1979 ;see Henderson & Repp , 1982 on acoustic consequences) . Barry (1985) , Nolan (1992) , Browman & Goldstein (1990b) , and others have shown that an initial consonant in a cluster that may sound as if it has been assimilated in place of articulation , or deleted altogether , is often in fact still articulated at its original point of articulation . The articulations of consonants in sequences overlap (e .…”