Author :
Narayanan, Shrikanth ; Kaun, Abigail ; Byra, Dani ; Ladefoged, Peter ; Alwan, Abeer
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs., USA
Abstract :
Tamil is unusual among the world´s languages in that some of its dialects have five liquids. The paper focuses on the articulatory characterization of these sounds, with the ultimate goal of modeling their production dynamics and articulatory acoustic mappings. Articulatory data were obtained using different techniques: palatography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and magnetometer (EMMA). The study illustrates the use of multiple techniques for investigating both static and dynamic articulatory characteristics
Keywords :
NMR imaging; magnetometers; natural languages; speech; speech processing; EMMA; MRI; Tamil; articulatory acoustic mappings; articulatory characterization; dialects; dynamic articulatory characteristics; liquid consonants; magnetic resonance imaging; magnetometer; palatography; production dynamics; Dentistry; Laboratories; Liquids; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetometers; Shape; Speech; Teeth; Tin; Tongue;
Conference_Titel :
Spoken Language, 1996. ICSLP 96. Proceedings., Fourth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3555-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICSLP.1996.607721
