Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-382) and index

The origin of coarticulation / Barbara K©ơhnert and Francis Nolan -- Coarticulation models in recent speech production theories / Edda Farnetani and Daniel Recasens -- Velopharyngeal coarticulation / Michel Chafcouloff and Alain Marchal -- Lingual coarticulation / Daniel Recasens -- Laryngeal coarticulation / Philip Hoole, Christer Gobl and Ailbhe Ni Chasaide; Coarticulatory investigations of the devoicing gesture / Philip Hoole; Voice source variation in the vowel as a function of consonantal context: Christer Gobl and Ailbhe Ni Chasaide -- Labial coarticulation / Edda Farnetani -- Lip and jaw coarticulation / Janet Fletcher and Jonathan Harrington -- Cross-language studies: relating language-particular coarticulation patterns to other language particular facts / Sharon Manuel -- Implications for phonological theory / Mary Beckman -- Palatography / Fiona Gibbon and Katerina Nicolaidis -- Imaging techniques / Maureen Stone -- Electromagnetic articulography / Philip Hoole and Noel Nguyen -- Electromyography / William J. Hardcastle -- Transducers for investigating velopharyngeal function / Michel Chafcouloff -- Techniques for investigating laryngeal articulation / Philip Hoole, Christer Gobl and Ailbhe Ni Chasaide; Investigation of the devoicing gesture / Philip Hoole; Techniques for analysing the voice source / Christer Gobl and Ailbhe Ni Chasaide -- Acoustic analysis / Daniel Recasens

"The variation that a speech sound undergoes under the influence of neighbouring sounds has acquired the well-established label coarticulation. The phenomenon of coarticulation has become a central problem in the theory of speech production. Much experimental work has been directed towards discovering its characteristics, its extent and its occurrence across eighteen different languages. This book is a major new study of coarticulation by a team of international researchers. It provides a definitive account of the experimental findings to date, together with discussions of their implications for modelling the process of speech production."--[book jacket]