Title :
Investigating the limits of vowel articulation
Author :
Boshoff, H. F V ; Botha, E.C.
Author_Institution :
Electr., Electron. & Comput. Eng., Pretoria Univ., South Africa
Abstract :
Vowel articulation is investigated in comparison with an acoustic reference frame. The resonance frequencies of a lossless articulatory tube model are calculated and mapped to the reference frame. The limits of the articulatorily accessible vowel space are thus estimated, and compared to an analysis of human production of peripheral vowels
Keywords :
acoustic signal processing; resonance; speech processing; acoustic reference frame; articulatorily accessible vowel space; human production; lossless articulatory tube model; peripheral vowels; resonance frequencies; vowel articulation; Acoustic measurements; Acoustical engineering; Africa; Communication system control; Feedback loop; Humans; Open loop systems; Production; Resonance; Resonant frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Africon, 1999 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5546-6
DOI :
10.1109/AFRCON.1999.820794
