An articulatory–aerodynamic approach to stop excrescence

Shosted, Ryan

doi:10.1016/j.wocn.2011.07.001

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“…A Matlab structure combined the synchronized audio and EPG data. A custom-written graphical user interface (EPG-GUI) in Matlab 2009b allowed for visualization and annotation of the audio and EPG signals in tandem (Shosted, 2011a). …”

Section: Data Post-processingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Palatal Complexity Revisited: An Electropalatographic Analysis of /ɲ/ in Brazilian Portuguese with Comparison to Peninsular Spanish

2012

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Are palatal consonants articulated by multiple tongue gestures (coronal and dorsal) or by a single gesture that brings the tongue into contact with the palate at several places of articulation? The lenition of palatal consonants (resulting in approximants) has been presented as evidence that palatals are simple, not complex: When reduced, they do not lose their coronal gesture and become dorsals; instead, they manifest reduced linguopalatal contact while retaining their anterior place of articulation. The frequently-reported deocclusivization of the Brazilian Portuguese (BP) palatal nasal may support this claim. However, the linguopalatal configuration of this sound has not been studied directly. Electropalatographic evidence from three speakers of BP (compared with data from three speakers of Peninsular Spanish) demonstrates that the palatal nasal is frequently realized as an approximant. There is no evidence of anterior occlusion in BP's post-palatal, lenited nasal. Under conditions of focus/hyperarticulation, there is no evidence of stronger/more anterior occlusion. We argue that the articulatory target of the BP palatal nasal is neither occluded nor anterior.

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Section: Data Post-processingmentioning

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Palatal Complexity Revisited: An Electropalatographic Analysis of /ɲ/ in Brazilian Portuguese with Comparison to Peninsular Spanish

2012

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“…It should be noted, however, that most cases of coronal assimilation occurred in the context before the dental /θ/, and very rarely preceding the other fricatives, /s/ and /ʃ/. The lack of stricture assimilation in English nasal + fricative sequences has been previously documented for within-word sequences (Shosted 2011). This, together with the current findings, sets English apart from languages like Spanish, where stricture assimilation is (near-)categorical (Honorof 1999; Kochetov & Colantoni 2011).…”

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Variable assimilation of English word-final /n/: electropalatographic evidence

Kochetov¹,

Colantoni²,

Steele³

2020

English Language and Linguistics

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The phonetic realization of the English word-final alveolar nasal /n/ is known to be highly variable. Previous articulatory work has reported both gradient and categorical nasal place assimilation including considerable between-speaker differences. This work, however, has largely focused on a small subset of place contexts (namely, preceding velar /k, ɡ/) in a limited number of English varieties. The present article uses electropalatography to study the articulatory realization of /n/ in a wider range of phonetic contexts and read texts as produced by three speakers of Canadian English. The results reveal considerable inter- and intra-speaker differences in the rates of assimilation. Consistent with previous work, we observed a high degree of variation, both gradient and categorical, before velars. Substantial rates of assimilation were also observed before labials, where the process is unexpected from the point of view of gestural phonology but predicted by traditional phonological analyses. The variation in the place and stricture of /n/ before coronals was more limited and typically gradient. Finally, some differences were observed across the text conditions, with more assimilation occurring in carrier sentences than in the read passage and, to a more limited extent, in function than in content words.

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“…This is somewhat unexpected, as both methods can be considered similar in terms of invasiveness (with nasalance being even less invasive than pneumotachography). It should be noted, however, that a number of studies of nasal gestures have used the nasal airflow/nasalance method simultaneously with other methods, such as EPG (Shosted, 2011), ultrasound (Tucker & Warner, 2010), or both ultrasound and EGG (Carignan, 2018). The use of multiple methods increases the overall invasiveness and tends to limit participant sample sizes.…”

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Research methods in articulatory phoneticsII: Studying other gestures and recent trends

Kochetov

2020

Language and Linguist. Compass

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This article is Part II of a general overview of current methods in articulatory phonetics research (which also consists of Part I "Research methods in articulatory phonetics I: Introduction & studying oral gestures"). The article begins by examining methods employed by phoneticians to investigate laryngeal and nasal gestures-speech-related configurations of the glottis and the lowering/raising the velum for nasal/oral consonants and vowels. This is done by reviewing the methods of electroglottography, endoscopy, photoglottography, and measurements of airflow and air pressure. The article further examines magnetic resonance imaging and radiography (X-rays)-the methods employed to investigate the entire vocal tract. The review is concluded with the methods of video recording and optical tracking, as used to study manual gestures in speech and sign language. Each methodological section contains a review of relevant journal publications illustrating the application of the method, as well as references to further readings. The article concludes with an overview of current developments and trends in instrumental articulatory phonetics, and highlight issues requiring further research.

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An articulatory–aerodynamic approach to stop excrescence

Cited by 6 publications

References 24 publications

Palatal Complexity Revisited: An Electropalatographic Analysis of /ɲ/ in Brazilian Portuguese with Comparison to Peninsular Spanish

Palatal Complexity Revisited: An Electropalatographic Analysis of /ɲ/ in Brazilian Portuguese with Comparison to Peninsular Spanish

Variable assimilation of English word-final /n/: electropalatographic evidence

Research methods in articulatory phoneticsII: Studying other gestures and recent trends

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