Articulability of two consecutive morae in Japanese speech production: evidence from sound exchange errors in spontaneous speech

Abstract

In the present study. we would like to discuss how the articulability of two consecutive morae plays an important role in speech production. Our assumption is based on the analysis of Japanese sound exchange error data which are collected from the spontaneous speech ofadults and infants. Three esperiments were also carried out to confirm the reality of a unit of two consecutive morae. Phonological/Phonetic characteristics lvere shown through the results of experiments and related observations.