Locus of segmental cues for word juncture

Abstract

Listening experiments with spliced speech showed that cues for the perception of word juncture occurred always at word onset, at word offset only for /l/ and /r/, and never word medially. Spectrograms showed the cues to be bursts, aspiration, glottal stops, laryngealization, and distinct syllable-initial allophones of /l/ and /r/.