The theory. Consonant prevocalization -- Intrasegmental consonant structure -- Related processes -- The data. Front prevowels -- Other prevowels -- Conclusions and outlook -- References -- Appendix I: Rosapelly's vocaloid -- Appendix II: languages in the survey
Summary
This monograph proposes a new interpretation of the intrasegmental structure of consonants and provides the first systematic intra- and cross-linguistic study of consonant prevocalization. The proposed model represents consonants as inherently bigestural and makes strong predictions that are automatically relevant to phonological theory at both the diachronic and synchronic levels, and also to the phonetics of articulatory evolution. It also clearly demonstrates that a wide generalization of the notion of consonant prevocalization provides a uniform account for many well-known processes genera
