The Origin of Sound Patterns in Vocal Tract Constraints

摘要: The ultimate task of phonology is to discover the causes behavior speech sounds. To do this phonologists must refer way created and used by humans, including how it stored in brain, retrieved, executed, perceived, facilitate social interaction among humans. domain therefore mind, matter, manners. This chapter about matter: some aerodynamic anatomical properties vocal tract they influence shape patterning A secondary aim show not only that study physical aspects assists but also can return favor: careful, perhaps inspired, analysis sound patterns language help us understand complexities production (Ohala, 1975a, 1975b, 1978a, 1978b, 1980, 1981; Ohala & Riordan, 1979; Shattuck-Hufnagel, Chapter 6, volume; MacKay, 1972).