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Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1. Definition of the plosive 1.2. Terminology of the plosive 1.3. Language data 1.4. Organization of this book
Chapter 2 Place of articulation in the plosive
2.1. Single-articulated plosives 2.2. Double-articulated plosives 2.3. Patterns in the place of articulation 2.4. Subdivision in the coronal and dorsal plosives
Chapter 3 Manner of articulation in the plosive
3.1. Plain plosives 3.2. Complex plosives 3.3. Contrast by [±voiced] 3.4. Proportional versus nonproportional opposition 3.5. Types of secondary articulation 3.6. Types of multiple secondary articulations
5.1. Quantitative characteristics 5.2. Some implicational relationships in the plosive 5.3. Commonly preferred inventories of the plosive 5.4. Absence of the major plosives 5.5. Unique inventories of the plosive in the world’s languages