Regularity in Language Production

• Temporal regularity, which might facilitate production
  • Stress patterns
    Beware the Jabberwock, my son / The teeth that bite, the claws that catch. (L. Carrol)
  • Syllable structure
    helter-skelter, willy-nilly, World Wide Web, physically fit, conspicuous consumption, jumbo jet
• Agreement in stress and syllable structure
  And the silken sad uncertain rustling / Of each purple curtain (E. A. Poe)
• Clashes in stress and syllable (tongue twisters)
  • she sells sea shells
  • rubber baby buggy bumpers

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Last updated: 7 November 1995
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