"Phonetic bases of distinctive features": Introduction

Perception of fricatives by Dutch and English speakers

Two speech perception experiments explored the physical and linguistic bases of phonetic similarity. Because phonological features are grounded in phonetic similarity, these experiments were thus an exploration of the phonetic bases of distinctive features. Experiment 1 found that Dutch listeners rated [s] and [] as more similar to each other than did American English listeners. We attributed ...

Advances in the treatment of children with phonological disorders

INTRODUCTION  Treatment of phonological disorders considering extra-linguistic and linguistic variables are important to ensure that the alteration is resolved promptly and in the best manner as possible. AIM  To analyze therapeutic advances (phonetic inventory, phonological system, and distinctive features) in children with phonological disorders by considering the therapeutic approach used,...

Analysis of the therapeutic progress of children with phonological disorders after the application of the Multiple Oppositions Approach.

The Multiple Oppositions Approach is described as an alternative model for the treatment of children with the severe phonological disorders. The aim of this study was to analyze the therapeutic progress of five children with phonological disorder, submitted to the Multiple Oppositions Approach, regarding the phonetic (sounds) and phonological (phonemes and altered distinctive features) inventor...

Neuromagnetic evidence for a featural distinction of English consonants: sensor- and source-space data.

Speech sounds can be classified on the basis of their underlying articulators or on the basis of the acoustic characteristics resulting from particular articulatory positions. Research in speech perception suggests that distinctive features are based on both articulatory and acoustic information. In recent years, neuroelectric and neuromagnetic investigations provided evidence for the brain's e...

Distinctive features and phonetic dimensions