ABSTRACT
For example, to synthesize an [agma] utterance from the basic consonant gestures taken from [aga] and [amaJ, one needs only to align the two basic movements (SAMs) so that labial closure is achieved as the dorsal constriction is broken. Velopharyngeal opening is timed to begin at approximately the smne instnnt. The articulatory patterns described for VG'!C2V utterances are consistent with Repp's (1983a) experiment showing that the release burst for cl contained information that listeners were able to use in identifyiug C2. Repp's result demonstrates that the coarticulation in VCCV sequences has perceptual consequences.
