CLASSIFYING ALLOPHONES.

This paper discusses the basis for the categories "intrinsic" and "extrinsic" allophones, that is articulatory effects which are neuro-physiologically determined and those which are language-specific. It is difficult to extrapolate from C.W. Kim's monograph and guess his attitude to the anomaly. The author's own view is that any attempt to formulate universal rules about physical constraints, whether neurological, physiological or acoustic, is worthwhile. There are a good many limitations at these levels, and doubtless a number of things happen to the articulators that are nothing to do with the direct commands from the motor system.