title: Acoustic estimations of the front cavity in apical stops.
abstract: Sweep-tone measurements of front-cavity resonances in apical stops are reported. Volumes inferred from resonance frequency data are presented as a function of place of articulation. The results indicate that, for post-dental points of contact, a cavity located under the tongue tip is formed. It is shown that this sublingual cavity plays a very important role in shaping the spectral structure of apical stops.
authors.affiliation: Department of Linguistics, University of Texas, Austin 78712-1196.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sundberg
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lindblom
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009060:Mouth Floor / Q000502:physiology*; D010700:Phonetics; D011571:Psychoacoustics; D013018:Sound Spectrography / Q000295:instrumentation; D013061:Speech Acoustics; D013062:Speech Articulation Tests / Q000295:instrumentation; D014059:Tongue / Q000502:physiology*; D014705:Verbal Behavior / Q000502:physiology*