Affiliation:
1. University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Abstract
Purpose
This study sought to investigate the effect of palate morphology and anthropometric measures of the head on positional variability of the tongue during consonants.
Method
An electromagnetic tracking system was used to record tongue movements of 21 adults. Each talker produced a series of symmetrical VCV syllables containing one of the consonants /t, d, s, z, ʃ, tʃ, k, g, j/ and corner vowels /i, a, u/. Distributions of
x
,
y
, and
z
coordinates at maximum tongue elevation were used to represent tongue position variability across contexts. Anthropometric palate and head measures were also obtained.
Results
Positional variability of the tongue differed between the front (e.g., alveolar and post-alveolar) and back (velar) consonant groups. A correlational analysis showed that tongue position variability of the front consonants was explained, to a degree, by palate curvature and palate length. The variability of the back consonants was not explained by any structural measures.
Conclusion
Palate morphology needs to be taken into account when making observations regarding the extent of tongue position variability during consonants in research and in achieving clinical goals.
Publisher
American Speech Language Hearing Association
Subject
Speech and Hearing,Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics
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