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      Gestural coordination of Italian word-initial clusters: the case of ‘impure s’

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      Phonology
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          We report on an articulatory study which uses an electromagnetic articulograph to investigate word-initial consonant clusters in Italian. In particular, we investigate clusters involving a sibilant, such as in spina ‘thorn’. The status of the sibilant in such clusters, referred to as ‘impure s’, is an unresolved problem for the syllable phonology of Italian. Coordination patterns of the gestural targets of consonantal and vocalic gestures reveal a structural difference between obstruent–liquid clusters, e.g. /pr/, and sibilant–obstruent clusters, e.g. /sp/. Whereas in /pr/, both /p/ and /r/ have distinct coordination patterns as compared to either /p/ or /r/ as a single consonant in the same (word-initial) position, this is not the case for /sp/. Here the /p/ patterns like a single consonant: /p/ in spina patterns with /p/ in Pina (proper name). Thus, although /s/ in spina constitutes a word onset, there is evidence against it being part of a syllable onset.

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                Journal
                Phonology
                Phonology
                Cambridge University Press (CUP)
                0952-6757
                1469-8188
                May 2013
                May 01 2013
                May 2013
                : 30
                : 1
                : 1-25
                Article
                10.1017/S095267571300002X
                2df4dd5a-a787-48f2-8328-f8b65db13aa7
                © 2013

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