@article {358,
	title = {Defining retroflexes: an articulatory class and its phonological representation},
	year = {2003},
	publisher = {Nederlandse Vereniging voor Fonetische Wetenschappen},
	address = {Leiden, The Netherlands},
	abstract = {<p>The present study illustrates the insufficiency of traditional definitions of retroflexes as segments with a bent-backwards tongue tip. Instead, four articulatory characteristics are proposed, namely apicality, posteriority, a sublingual cavity, and retraction of the tongue back, the latter being highly controversial. Furthermore, retroflexes are shown to be perceptually characterized by a low third formant, and this perceptual criterion is argued to be the basis for the phonological representation of the retroflex class.</p>
},
	author = {Silke Hamann}
}
