Naslov
EPG characteristics of velar stops in normal adult English speakers

Autori
Liker, Marko ; Gibbon, Fiona E.

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS) in Saarbrucken / Barry, William ; Trouvain, Jurgen - Saarbrücken, 2007, 605-608

Skup
16th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS)

Mjesto i datum
Saarbrücken, Njemačka, 06.08.2007. - 10.08.2007

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
velar stops; electropalatography; occlusion; speech disorders

Sažetak
This study aimed to determine the main characteristics of normal tongue palate patterns for velar stops. EPG data from the EUR-ACCOR database were analysed for nonsense VCV sequences containing /k/ in nine vowel contexts for seven English speaking adults. Incomplete EPG closure across the palate for /k/ occurred in 19% (range 4%-41%) of utterances with the most number of incomplete closures in /aka/ and the least in /uki/. As predicted, place of articulation was dependant on vowel context. The most fronted was the velar occlusion in /iki/ and the most retracted in /aka/. In terms of amount of contact, /k/ in /iki/ environment had almost twice as much tongue palate contact compared to /aka/ in all speakers (mean 42% for /iki/ compared to 22% for /aka/). There was considerable interspeaker variability in all variables. The implications of the results for diagnosing and treating speech disorders are discussed.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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