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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu10701193392021-08-03T05:48:25Z Invariant patterns in articulatory movements Bonaventura, Patrizia Speech science speech production speech production modeling C/D model of speech production phonetics linguistics artificial intelligence articulatory movements x-ray microbeam system The purpose of the study is to discover an effective method of characterizing movement patterns of the crucial articulator as the function of an abstract syllable magnitude and the adjacent boundary, and at the same time to investigate effects of prosodic control on utterance organization. In particular, the speed of movement when a flesh-point on the tongue blade or the lower lip crosses a selected position relative to the occlusion plane is examined. The time of such crossing provides an effective measure of syllable timing and syllable duration according to previous work. In the present work, using a very limited vocabulary with only a few consonants and one vowel as the key speech materials, effects of contrastive emphasis on demisyllabic movement patterns were studied. The theoretical framework for this analysis is the C/D model of speech production in relation to the concept of an invariant part of selected articulatory movements. The results show evidence in favor of the existence of ‘iceberg’ patterns, but a linear dependence of slope on the total excursion of the demisyllabic movement, instead of the approximate constancy of the threshold crossing speed as suggested in the original proposal of the ‘iceberg’, has been found. Accordingly, a revision of the original concept of ‘iceberg’ seems necessary. This refinement is consistent with the C/D model assumption on ‘prominence control’ that the syllable magnitude determines the movement amplitude, accompanying directly related syllable duration change. In this assumption, the movement of a consonantal component should also be proportional to syllable magnitude. The results suggest, however, systematic outliers deviating from the linear dependence of movement speed on excursion. This deviation may be caused by the effect of the immediately following boundary, often referred to as phrase-final elongation. 2003-12-22 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1070119339 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1070119339 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic Speech science
speech production
speech production modeling
C/D model of speech production
phonetics
linguistics
artificial intelligence
articulatory movements
x-ray microbeam system
spellingShingle Speech science
speech production
speech production modeling
C/D model of speech production
phonetics
linguistics
artificial intelligence
articulatory movements
x-ray microbeam system
Bonaventura, Patrizia
Invariant patterns in articulatory movements
author Bonaventura, Patrizia
author_facet Bonaventura, Patrizia
author_sort Bonaventura, Patrizia
title Invariant patterns in articulatory movements
title_short Invariant patterns in articulatory movements
title_full Invariant patterns in articulatory movements
title_fullStr Invariant patterns in articulatory movements
title_full_unstemmed Invariant patterns in articulatory movements
title_sort invariant patterns in articulatory movements
publisher The Ohio State University / OhioLINK
publishDate 2003
url http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1070119339
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