Articulatory Perspectives on Errors

In speech error research discrepant results have been obtained depending on the research tool employed. While traditionally errors have been identified perceptually, acoustic and articulatory measurements have come to different conclusions about the characteristics of errors. This has led to renewed concerns about perceptual biases in transcription records on the one hand and the comparability of laboratory elicited and naturally occurring errors on the other hand. The present paper presents an overview of the results of articulatory error studies and discusses their relation to transcription based error work. We also discuss briefly how future research avenues may further our understanding of errors.