Velic coordination in French nasals: a real-time magnetic resonance imaging study

Michael Proctor; Louis Goldstein; Adam Lammert; Dani Byrd; Asterios Toutios; Shrikanth Narayanan

Velic coordination in French nasals: a real-time magnetic resonance imaging study

Michael Proctor, Louis Goldstein, Adam Lammert, Dani Byrd, Asterios Toutios, Shrikanth Narayanan

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Abstract

Production of nasal vowels in French, and nasal consonants in French and English, was examined using real-time magnetic resonance imaging (rtMRI). The coordination of velic and lingual gestures was found to be tightly controlled across different prosodic contexts in French nasals. Velum lowering in English nasal consonants did not show the same control, although the timing of the corresponding lingual gestures varied with prosodic context in the same way as for French nasals, suggesting a coordinative relationship in which oral and velic articulators are consistently phased in French nasal production. These findings illustrate the utility of real-time MRI as a method for studying velic activity and articulatory coordination in vocalic and nasal phonology.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Interspeech 2013
Subtitle of host publication	14 Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association
Place of Publication	Baixas, France
Publisher	International Speech Communication Association (ISCA)
Pages	577-581
Number of pages	5
Publication status	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes
Event	Interspeech 2013: 14 Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association - Lyon, France Duration: 25 Aug 2013 → 29 Aug 2013

Conference

Conference	Interspeech 2013
Country/Territory	France
City	Lyon
Period	25/08/13 → 29/08/13

Keywords

Articulation
French
Nasal vowels
Nasals
Real-time MRI
Speech production
Velum

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Proctor, M, Goldstein, L, Lammert, A, Byrd, D, Toutios, A & Narayanan, S 2013, Velic coordination in French nasals: a real-time magnetic resonance imaging study. in Interspeech 2013: 14 Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association. International Speech Communication Association (ISCA), Baixas, France, pp. 577-581, Interspeech 2013, Lyon, France, 25/08/13.

Velic coordination in French nasals: a real-time magnetic resonance imaging study. / Proctor, Michael; Goldstein, Louis; Lammert, Adam et al.
Interspeech 2013: 14 Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association. Baixas, France: International Speech Communication Association (ISCA), 2013. p. 577-581.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

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