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Date: 28-Apr-2010
From: Sidney Wood < sw.phon at telia.com >
Subject: Dissertation Abstract
 

	
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Institution: Lund University 
Program: Linguistics and Phonetics 
Dissertation Status: Completed 
Degree Date: 1982 

Author: Sidney Wood

Dissertation Title: X-ray and Model Studies of Vowel Articulation 

Linguistic Field(s): Phonetics


Dissertation Director(s):
Eva Gårding

Dissertation Abstract:

The thesis consists of five articles that report various aspects of vowel
articulation. Individual manoeuvres are analysed with the help of
cinefluorography and their contributions to spectral contrasts are
estimated in model experiments by reproducing them on midsagittal profiles
and calculating and evaluating the vocal tract resonances for each
configuration. A model is outlined in which physiologically relevant
manoeuvres are coordinated to shape the vocal cavities for the intended
spectral contrast. The physiology of vowel production is discussed.
Manouevres are related back to speech programming and motor control and
forward to the encoding of the speech signal. Papers I and II  deal with
constriction locations. Paper III explores the acoustical consequences of
lip, tongue and larynx manouevres in rounded palatal vowels. Paper IV is
concerned with mandibular, lingual and labial articulation in palatal
vowels. Paper V is devoted to tenseness and laxness. With the model as a
starting point various general problems of speech production are discussed:
the quantal nature of speech, articulatory precision and tolerances, motor
control and compensations, the resonance properties of the vocal tract,
phonological implications. 




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