Toward articulatory-acoustic models for liquid approximants based on MRI and EPG data. Part II. The rhotics

Abstract

Magnetic resonance images of the vocal tract during sustained production of [ɹ] by four native American English talkers are employed for measuring vocal-tract dimensions and for morphological analysis of the 3D vocal tract and tongue shapes. Electropalatography contact profiles are used for studying inter- and intra-talker variabilities. The vocal tract during the production of [ɹ] appears to be characterized by three cavities due to the presence of two supraglottal constrictions: the primary one in the oral cavity, and a secondary one in the pharyngeal cavity. All subjects show a large volume anterior to the oral constriction, which results from an inward-drawn tongue body, an anterior tongue body that is characterized by convex cross sections, and a concave posterior tongue body shape. Inter-subject variabilities are observed in the oral-constriction location and the way the constriction is formed. No systematic differences are found between the 3-D vocal tract and tongue shapes of word-initial and syllabic [ɹ]s. Tongue-shaping mechanisms for these sounds and their acoustic implications are discussed.

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