Phonemes, segments and features

Speech Features for Optimal Discrimination of Phonemes

Phonemes , features and allophones in L 2 phonology

This article presents the results of a perception study of foreign phonemes, in particular, Polish phonemes categorized by Croatian native listeners. Our experiment shows that listeners can identify phonemes of an unknown/new language (L2) without having had prior training in this new language if the phonemes utilize the same phonological distinctive features as employed in the native language ...

Phonemes and phonology

• These sounds are grouped into closely related families of sounds; each such family acts as a single unit from a phonemic point of view. We call these families “phonemes,” and in some respects we are more aware of these phonemes than we are of the very sounds themselves. A word can be viewed as a sequence of sounds, or as a sequence of phonemes. Neither view is more correct; they are at differ...

Predicting phonemes

2nd Proofs Features, Segments, and the Sources of Phonological Primitives*

I review the role of distinctive features in early generative theory, focusing on their multifaceted role as defined by Chomsky & Halle (1968) for capturing contrast, phonological patterns, and the phonetic realization of these patterns. Based on evidence from these multiple aspects of phonological representation, I conclude that the characterization of segments as combinations of universally-d...