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Book: Phonetics for Speech Pathology

Chapter: 32. Perceptual Units of Speech

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.22769

Blurb:

This chapter introduces some of the units the listeners use when decoding speech. These include the phoneme, mora, and syllable. Also described is sonority theory, that is the claim the shape of syllables in languages is designed around a sequence of segments where the most sonorous is central to the syllable.

Chapter Contributors

  • Martin Ball (martin.j.ball@liu.se - martinball) 'Linköping University'
  • Joan Rahilly (j.rahilly@qub.ac.uk - ehehjrah) 'Queen's University Belfast'
  • Orla Lowry (o.lowry@qub.ac.uk - olowry) 'Queen's University Belfast'
  • Nicola Bessell (N.Bessell@ucc.ie - nbessell) 'University College Cork'
  • Alice Lee (a.lee@ucc.ie - alee1) 'University College Cork'