Preface
Acknowledgements

List of figures
List of tables
List of abbreviations

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

Chapter 4
Description of plosives

4.1. Bilabial plosives
4.2. Linguolabial plosives
4.3. Dental plosives
4.4. Alveolar plosives
4.5. Retroflex plosives
4.6. Alveopalatal plosives
4.7. Palatal plosives
4.8. Velar plosives
4.9. Uvular plosives
4.10. Pharyngeal plosive
4.11. Epiglottal plosive
4.12. Glottal plosives
4.13. Labiovelar plosives
4.14. Labial alveolar plosives
4.15. Labiopalatal plosive
4.16. Dentovelar plosive

Chapter 5
Characteristics of the plosive

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

Chapter 6
Conclusion

References
Subject index
Language index