Abstract

Production of sibilant fricatives by four speakers of Mandarin Chinese was examined using real-time Magnetic Resonance Imaging (rtMRI). Data were reconstructed at 33.18 frames per second in the midsagittal plane, and additionally acquired in a coronal plane intersecting the vocal tract behind the alveolar ridge. Although individual speakers differed in the details of articulation, each of the three sibilants was found to be distinguished by a characteristic constriction location, groove geometry, and tongue shaping behind the primary constriction.

Date

2012

Authors

Michael Proctor, Li Hsuan Lu, Yinghua Zhu, Louis Goldstein, Shrikanth Narayanan

Journal

Proc. Speech Sci. Tech

Pages

113-116