Organization of Complex Onsets and Codas in American English: Evidence for a Competitive Coupling Model
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This study systematically investigates the temporal organization of American English onset and coda consonant clusters on the basis of kinematic data. Results suggest that consonants in complex onsets are organized globally with respect to the following vowel (c-center organization), while consonants in complex codas are coordinated sequentially. These results support the competitive coupling model hypothesized for complex onsets, and is also consistent with the non-competitive coupling relations assumed for codas. We also observe a difference between /l/-clusters and /s/clusters, potentially due to the particular gestural composition of American English /l/.
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