English phonotactics1. (4th August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: BAUER, LAURIE
• Is Part Of: English language and linguistics. Volume 19:Number 3(2015:Nov.)
• Page Start: 437
• Page End: 475
• Publication Date: 2015-08-04
• Subjects: English language -- Grammar -- Periodicals; Linguistics -- Periodicals; Linguistic change -- Periodicals; 420.5
• DOI: 10.1017/S1360674315000179
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1360-6743

Abstract

Abstract : This article presents an analysis of the phonotactic structures of English presented in The Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary, paying attention to morphological boundaries, the difference between stressed and unstressed syllables, the difference between native and non-native, and considering the distribution of vowels as well as consonants. The phonotactic status of names turns out to be unlike the status of other morphologically unanalysable words, and some new observations are made on consonant clusters as well as vowel sequences, which have previously been overlooked.