Articulatory Activity in Vowels
Björn E. F. Lindblom · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1964
Cinéradiographic data have been obtained that illustrate certain dynamic aspects of vowel articulation. The material analyzed consists of CV, VC, and CVC sequences, some of which were uttered at varying speeds. Special attention has been paid to the rate and timing of movements and to the extent to which individual articulatory components reach their hypothetical target positions within an utterance under various conditions. Instances of articulatory undershoot relative to an ideal target configuration can be observed and appear to be more pronounced as the rate of utterance is increased. The results are interpreted in relation to acoustic data on Swedish vowels previously reported [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 35, 1773 (1963)]. [Research supported in part by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Research Institute of the National Swedish Defence, Swedish Technical Research Council, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Swedish Foundation for Scientific Research and Industrial Development, U. S. Air Force under grant AF EOAR 63-55, U. S. Army under contract DA191-591-EUC-3080, National Institutes of Health, U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, under research grant NB-04003-01.]