Tongue movements and syllable onset complexity: ultrasound study
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2008/02/0032/000091Keywords:
tongue movement, ultrasound, syllable onsetAbstract
This study focuses on using ultrasound to investigate tongue movements in syllables with different numbers and types of onset consonants. Ultrasound recordings provided information on the distance the tongue travels over a target, while audio recordings tracked the time needed. The speed of the tongue’s movement was calculated from these two measurements. Results from ten speakers showed that both duration and distance traveled increase as the number of onset segments increases. However, the distance traveled is additionally influenced by the type of segment, as is speed. Duration also appeared to be the least speaker-dependent of the three parameters.
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