1st ETRW on Speech Production Modeling: From Control Strategies to Acoustics 4th Speech Production Seminar: Models and Data Autrans, France May 20-24, 1996

The Influence of Prosodic Position on Velic and Lingual Articulation in French: Evidence from EPG and Airflow Data

Cécile Fougeron (1,2), Patricia A. Keating (1)

(1) Phonetics Lab., U.C.L.A.
(2) Inst de Phonétique Paris-Sorbonne Nouvelle, France

Prosodic position influences the articulation of the consonants [t] and [n], observed for one French subject. Both lingual and nasal articulations for [n] are affected by the position of the consonant. The higher the prosodic position of the consonant, the less nasal flow [n] has and the more linguopalatal contact [n] and [t] have. This variation in articulation distinguishes 3 to 4 prosodic levels depending on the articulators (and/or the technique).

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Bibliographic reference.  Fougeron, Cécile / Keating, Patricia A. (1996): "The influence of prosodic position on velic and lingual articulation in French: evidence from EPG and airflow data", In SPM-1996, 93-96.