RT Journal Article
T1 Epenthetic plosives in English: phonetic and phonological aspects
A1 Akamatsu, Tsutomu
K1 functional phonology
K1 physical reality vs. linguistic function
K1 ‘once a phoneme, always a phoneme’
K1 opposition
K1 phoneme
K1 archiphoneme
K1 epenthetic plosive
K1 phonetic context
K1 phonetic notation
K1 phonological status
K1 regressive assimilation
K1 syllable division
K1 homophony
K1 potential pause
K1 pronunciation preference poll
AB In this paper, I propose first of all to present an overall and detailed picture of epen-thetic plosives that occur in English from a phonetic point of view. In so doing, I draw heavily on the information provided by two widely consulted English pronouncing dictionaries of our days, viz. the latest editions of LPD and EPD. I further propose to investigate the phonological status of the epenthetic plosives in English by basing my analysis on the principles of func-tional phonology practised in what I call ‘the Functionalist School’ or ‘the Paris School’ which is associated with André Martinet. My phonological analysis presented in this paper is crucially based on the Saussurean concept of opposition and fundamentally differs from any other known phonological references to epenthetic plosives in English.
PB Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Servizo de Publicacións e Intercambio Científico
SN 1137-2346
YR 2011
FD 2011
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/7329
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/7329
LA eng
NO AKAMATSU, Tsutomu: «Epenthetic plosives in English: phonetic and phonological aspects», Moenia. Revista lucense de lingüística e literatura. ISSN 1137-2346, vol. 17 (2011), pp. 87-124
DS Minerva
RD 30 abr 2026