Articulatory Phonology, Task Dynamics and Computational Adequacy

This paper discusses articulatory phonology and task dynamics as potentially computationally adequate models which, together, might characterise speech production. The idea is introduced that, particularly at the task dynamic level, the object oriented computational paradigm is appropriate — this is a novel approach in speech production modelling. The paper concludes that articulatory phonology and task dynamics are a step toward computational adequacy, but that that goal is not quite reached. ___________________________________________________________________________