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Language-specific articulatory settings: evidence from inter-utterance rest position.

Bryan Gick1, Ian Wilson, Karsten Koch

  • 1Department of Linguistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada. gick@interchange.ubc.ca

Phonetica
|April 13, 2005
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This study measured speech rest position using X-ray data to identify language-specific articulatory settings. Results show distinct rest positions for English and French, supporting the existence of these underlying speech patterns.

Area of Science:

  • Linguistics
  • Phonetics
  • Speech Science

Background:

  • The existence of language-specific articulatory settings has been theorized but difficult to measure directly.
  • Speech rest position, an articulator posture without active speech, offers a potential indirect measurement method.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if speech rest position reflects language-specific articulatory settings.
  • To determine the measurability and characteristics of speech rest position across languages.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments were conducted using X-ray data from 5 native English and 5 native French speakers.
  • Speech rest position was measured at five locations within the vocal tract.
  • The accuracy of achieving speech rest position was compared to that of a target vowel (/i/).

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Main Results:

  • Significant differences in speech rest position were found between English and French speakers at five vocal tract locations.
  • The measured speech rest positions align with previously described language-specific articulatory settings.
  • The accuracy of achieving speech rest position was comparable to the accuracy of producing a specific vowel sound.

Conclusions:

  • Speech rest position serves as a measurable correlate of language-specific articulatory settings.
  • Findings have implications for understanding neutral vowels, phonological systems, and second language acquisition.
  • This research provides empirical evidence for underlying articulatory differences between languages.