| Abstract | [Introduction]
The linguist today, and more especially the phonologist, is aware of two very active areas of investigation. One of them, generative phonology, is at the very center of his field of vision, and cannot be ignored. The other, experimental phonetics, may seem less directly relevant to his concerns, even though he accepts the truism that phonology rests ultimately on a phonetic basis. As modern experimental phonetics, may seem less directly relevant to his concerns, even though he accepts the truism that phonology rests ultimately on a phonetic basis. |