Sentences were read by six informants to determine the presence or absence of /n/ in /nth/ sequences. The sentences contained seven different levels of juncture with /nth/ occurring in word final position, intervocalically, and across word boundaries, among other places. Dental coarticulation was not hindered by most junctures. (SC)

Dental fricatives are examined within the two languages to show that the phonemes do not differ merely in voicing. Frisian has a "v" which is phonologically related to "w." Marathi has an aspirated "v." The use of "f" and "v" in English by speakers of Marathi and Flemish is also examined. (SC)

The salience of voiced onset time (VOT) as a voicing cue for initial stop-vowel units is examined. VOT duration was altered. Findings did not indicate that changes in VOT duration altered the perception of voicing. Aspiration more than VOT seems to be more important in the detection of voicing. (SC)

Presents the results of field research into the extinct Cacaopera language of El Salvador. Data from two Spanish-speaking informants are given in broad phonetic notation. (RM)

THE VALUE OF THE ACOUSTIC PARAMETERS OF A PHONETIC EVENT VARY FROM SPEAKER TO SPEAKER AND, TO SOME EXTENT, FROM DAY TO DAY. THE ABSENCE OF STABLE INVARIANTS IN SPEECH PRODUCTION IMPLIES THAT A COMPUTER MUST BE SELF-ADAPTIVE IN ORDER TO RECOGNIZE THE PHONETIC EVENTS OF DIFFERENT SPEECH PRODUCTIONS. SELF-ADAPTATION, HOWEVER, REQUIRES THAT PHONEME…

CERTAIN LINGUISTIC STRUCTURES OF GANDA, CLASSIFIED AS A BANTU LANGUAGE OF UGANDA, WERE STUDIED AND REPORTED. STRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF THE LANGUAGE WERE PRESENTED AT THE WORD AND PHRASE LEVEL, AND THE PRELIMINARIES TO A FORMAL STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS WERE REPRESENTED, INCLUDING TONOMORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES. THIS FIRST PART OF A THREE-PART STUDY DEALT WITH…

THIS BULLETIN WAS PREPARED FOR TEACHERS AS A CONVENIENT REFERENCE TO THE WORD RECOGNITION SKILLS RELATING TO PHONETIC ANALYSIS, STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS, COMPREHENSION, AND VOCABULARY BUILDING FOR THE READING PROGRAM FOR GRADES 5 AND 6. IT MAY ALSO SERVE AS A CHECKLIST FOR THE TEACHING OF THESE SKILLS. THE SOURCES OF REFERENCE ARE THE TEACHER'S…

CERTAIN FEATURES IN THE MEXICAN PRONUNCIATION OF NASAL CONSONANTS ARE PRESENTED HERE AND LINGUISTIC GENERALIZATIONS ARE FORMULATED--FIRST IN TERMS OF A CURRENT THEORY OF UNIVERSAL PHONOLOGICAL DISTINCTIVE FEATURES, AND SECOND IN TERMS OF A REVISED DISTINCTIVE FEATURE FRAMEWORK INCORPORATING THE CHANGES PROPOSED BY CHOMSKY AND HALLE IN "THE SOUND…

A study of the opposition in terms of duration between long and short vowels in the German phonological system. Tables, graphs and analyses accompany the conclusions discussed. Since physical time is not the only distinctive feature, loss of the temporal cue is compensated for by spectral cues. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

An analysis of rhythm in French. The research project concentrated on two points: the perception of a "click" superimposed on an utterance and the reproduction of the click by a knock simultaneous with the stimulus. Conclusions based on linguistic and non-linguistic aspects are drawn. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

An experiment was designed to examine the contribution of phonetic information in the processing of words in tachistoscopic recognition masking. (Editor)