Phonetics and Phonology of Speaking Styles: Reduction and Elaboration in Speech Communication Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain September 30 - October 2, 1991

Comparison of Some Articulatory Paths for Fricatives in Slow Speech-Like Sequences and in Connected Speech

Celia Scully (1), Esther Grabe (1), Eric Castelli (2)

(1) Department of Linguistics & Phonetics, University of Leeds, UK
(2) Institut de la Communication Parlée, ENSERG/INPG, Grenoble, France

Articulatory paths for fricatives produced in two different speech styles were compared, in similar vowel contexts. A trace indicating the acoustically relevant parameter of cross-section area was used. The results suggest that the deceleration phase into the constriction and the acceleration phase out of it may be stable features. The static end point states found in the slower speech-like sequences were absent in the connected speech.

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Bibliographic reference.  Scully, Celia / Grabe, Esther / Castelli, Eric (1991): "Comparison of some articulatory paths for fricatives in slow speech-like sequences and in connected speech", In PPoSpSt-1991, paper 047.