The center of edge: How are consonant clusters organized with respect to the vowel?

Number 1263
Year 1995
Drawer 24
Entry Date 12/20/2002
Authors Honorof, D.N., & Browman, C.P.
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Publication The center of edge: How are consonant clusters organized with respect to the vowel? In K. Elenius & P. Branderud (Eds.), Proceedings of the XIIIth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. (pp.552-555). Stockholm: KTH and Stockholm University.
url http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL1263.pdf
Abstract Stable inter-gestural timing patterns were sought for phonotactically permissible (CC)CVX and XVC(CC) accented monosyllables in American English. Movement evidence for four speakers confirmed the hypotheses of Browman and Goldstein [1] that a prevocalic consonant or cluster is organized with respect to a ‘tautosyllabic’ nuclear vowel by its center (i.e., C-center), but a post-vocalic consonant (or sequence or consonants) by its (first) left edge.
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