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1st ETRW on Speech Production Modeling:
From Control Strategies to Acoustics
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1st ETRW on Speech Production Modeling:
From Control Strategies to Acoustics
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Linguo-mandibular coordination in the production of front vowels by seven speakers of German was analyzed with respect to the three phonological oppositions of Height, Tenseness and Rounding. The effect of consonantal context was also examined. The three oppositions differed characteristically in the relative amount of jaw involvement in tongue-height differences: greatest for Height, least for Rounding. Tenseness was located in between; moreover it showed the greatest influence of consonantal context. While speakers differed, for example, in the precise amount of jaw involvement in the tense-lax opposition, nonetheless all speakers showed the same overall pattern over the three oppositions. Thus articulatory organisation in the realization of such oppositions may be more stable than has sometimes been assumed.
Bibliographic reference. Hoole, Philip / Kühnert, Barbara (1996): "Tongue-jaw coordination in German vowel production", In SPM-1996, 97-100.