Articulatory organisation in Japanese : an EPG study
This instrumental phonetic study investigates lingual articulation and coarticulation in standard Japanese. A series of experiments were conducted using electropalatography (the Reading EPG2). The principal aim is to extract EPG correlates of spatiotemporal parameters relevant to the realisation of ten consonantal segments; two vocoids [i] and [j]; and four palatal(ised) segments. Data for VCV (vowel-consonant-vowel) sequences was obtained from two Japanese speakers. Qualitative and quantitative analyses were performed to identify the basic features of various lingual articulations; the interdependency between the two components of the tongue; and the degree of coarticulatory effects together with their temporal extent. Of particular importance is the identification of the articulatory properties that are unexplained by the feature specification. A particular focus is placed on the articulatory realisation of palatalisation. The spatiotemporai manifestations of intergestural coordination and timing between the primary articulatory gesture and the (secondary) dorsal gesture are examined in detail. Assuming that palatalisation is a specialised use of the raising gesture of the tongue body, we argue that: (i)
Nakamura, Mitsuhiro
Electropalatography; Articulation; Speech
Articulatory organisation in Japanese : an EPG study. This instrumental phonetic study investigates lingual articulation and coarticulation in standard Japanese. A series of experiments were conducted using electropalatography (the Reading EPG2). The principal aim is to extract EPG correlates of spatiotemporal parameters relevant to the realisation of ten consonantal segments; two vocoids [i] and [j]; and four palatal(ised) segments. Data for VCV (vowel-consonant-vowel) sequences was obtained from two Japanese speakers. Qualitative and quantitative analyses were performed to identify the basic features of various lingual articulations; the interdependency between the two components of the tongue; and the degree of coarticulatory effects together with their temporal extent. Of particular importance is the identification of the articulatory properties that are unexplained by the feature specification. A particular focus is placed on the articulatory realisation of palatalisation. The spatiotemporai manifestations of intergestural coordination and timing between the primary articulatory gesture and the (secondary) dorsal gesture are examined in detail. Assuming that palatalisation is a specialised use of the raising gesture of the tongue body, we argue that: (i)
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