Carignan, Christopher;
(2011)
Oral articulation of nasal vowels in French.
In:
Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences.
(pp. pp. 408-411).
International Phonetic Association: Hong Kong, China.
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Abstract
EMA, aerodynamic, and acoustic signals were combined in order to observe lingual and labial articulation of oral and nasal vowels in Northern Metropolitan French (NMF) and Quebec French (QF). Inter-speaker variation observed in oral articulation suggests the importance of motor equivalence in the acoustic dispersion of each vowel system. Inter-dialectal differences observed are suggestive of important characteristics of vowel nasality. When the oral articulation of a nasal vowel enhances the acoustic effect of nasalization, it is possible that the degree of naso- pharyngeal coupling can be reduced while still conveying nasality of the vowel. However, when oral articulation minimizes the acoustic effect of nasalization, the emergence of a nasal consonant may convey nasality of the vowel instead. This suggests that inter-dialectal differences in the nasal vowel systems of QF and NMF can be explained, in part, by inherent characteristics of vowel nasality rather than by circumstances specific to the evolutionary development of French.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | Oral articulation of nasal vowels in French |
| Event: | 17th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences |
| Location: | Hong Kong |
| Dates: | 17 Aug 2011 - 21 Aug 2011 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/i... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Vowel nasalization, French, articulation, aerodynamics, EMA |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Speech, Hearing and Phonetic Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10152459 |
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