Using electromagnetic articulography with a tongue lateral sensor to discriminate manner of articulation.
This study examined the contributions of the tongue tip (TT), tongue body (TB), and tongue lateral (TL) sensors in the electromagnetic articulography (EMA) measurement of American English alveolar consonants. Thirteen adults produced /ɹ/, /l/, /z/, and /d/ in /ɑCɑ/ syllables while being recorded with an EMA system. According to statistical analysis of sensor movement and the results of a machine classification experiment, the TT sensor contributed most to consonant differences, followed by TB. The TL sensor played a complementary role, particularly for distinguishing /z/.
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Texas at Dallas, 800 West Campbell Road, Richardson, Texas 75080-3021, USA wkatz@utdallas.edu, sxm053100@utdallas.edu, mtw130130@utdallas.edu.
William F
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Katz
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Texas at Dallas, 800 West Campbell Road, Richardson, Texas 75080-3021, USA wkatz@utdallas.edu, sxm053100@utdallas.edu, mtw130130@utdallas.edu.
Sonya
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Mehta
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Texas at Dallas, 800 West Campbell Road, Richardson, Texas 75080-3021, USA wkatz@utdallas.edu, sxm053100@utdallas.edu, mtw130130@utdallas.edu.
Matthew
M
Wood
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Department of Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, 800 West Campbell Road, Richardson, Texas 75080-3021, USA wangjun@utdallas.edu.
Jun
J
Wang
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