Articulation of Mandarin sibilants: a multi-plane realtime MRI study

Michael Proctor; Li Hsuan Lu; Yinghua Zhu; Louis Goldstein; Shrikanth Narayanan

Articulation of Mandarin sibilants: a multi-plane realtime MRI study

Michael Proctor, Li Hsuan Lu, Yinghua Zhu, Louis Goldstein, Shrikanth Narayanan

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Abstract

Production of sibilant fricatives by four speakers of Mandarin Chinese was examined using real-time Magnetic Resonance Imaging (rtMRI). Data were reconstructed at 33.18 frames per second in the midsagittal plane, and additionally acquired in a coronal plane intersecting the vocal tract behind the alveolar ridge. Although individual speakers differed in the details of articulation, each of the three sibilants was found to be distinguished by a characteristic constriction location, groove geometry, and tongue shaping behind the primary constriction.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	113-116
Number of pages	4
Journal	Proceedings of the 14th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology
Publication status	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (14th : 2012) - Sydney Duration: 3 Dec 2012 → 6 Dec 2012

Keywords

Mandarin Chinese
sibilant fricatives
MRI

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Articulation of Mandarin sibilants: a multi-plane realtime MRI study

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