Phonological potentials and the lower vocal tract

• Main Authors: Moisik, Scott Reid, Czaykowska-Higgins, Ewa, Esling, John H.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Humanities::Linguistics; Phonological Potentials; Lower Vocal Tract
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151253
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper outlines a theoretical approach to speech sound systems based on the notion of phonological potentials: physical ‘pressures’ or biases that give rise to discrete structure and the tendencies associated with this structure that arise from the physical nature of speech sound systems. We app...