COMPENSATION STRATEGIES FOR THE PERTURBATION OF THE ROUNDED VOWEL [U] USING A LIP TUBE - A STUDY OF THE CONTROL SPACE IN SPEECH PRODUCTION
COMPENSATION STRATEGIES FOR THE PERTURBATION OF THE ROUNDED VOWEL [U] USING A LIP TUBE - A STUDY OF THE CONTROL SPACE IN SPEECH PRODUCTION
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DOI:
10.1121/1.413277
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发表时间:
1995-11-01
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2.4
通讯作者:
ORLIAGUET, JP
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SAVARIAUX, C;PERRIER, P;ORLIAGUET, JP
A labial perturbation of the French rounded vowel [u] was used to examine the respective weights of the articulatory and acoustic levels in the control of vowel production. A 20-mm-diam lip tube was inserted between the lips of the speakers. Acoustic and x-ray articulatory data were obtained for isolated vowel productions by 11 native French speakers in normal and lip-tube conditions. Compensation abilities were evaluated through accuracy of the F1-F2. pattern. Possible compensations were examined from nomograms using the new model of Fant [ISCLP 92 Proceedings (University of Alberta, Edmonton, 1992)]. Acoustic interpretations of the articulatory changes were made by generating area functions from midsagittal views, used together with a harmonic acoustic model. For the first perturbed trial, immediately after the insertion of the tube, no speaker was able to produce a complete compensation, but clear differences between speakers were observed: Seven of them moved the tongue and hence limited the deterioration of the F1-F2 pattern, whereas the remaining four did not show any pertinent articulatory change. These data support the idea of speaker-specific internal representations of the articulatory-to-acoustic relationships. The results for the following 19 perturbed trials indicate that speakers used the acoustic signal in order to elaborate an optimal compensation strategy. One speaker achieved complete compensation by changing his constriction location from a velo-palatal to a velo-pharyngeal region of the vocal tract. Six others moved their tongues in the right direction, achieving partial acoustic compensation, while the remaining four did not compensate. The control of speech production thus seems to be directed toward achieving an auditory goal, but completely achieving the goal may be impossible because of speaker-dependent articulatory constraints. It is suggested that these constraints are due more to speaker-specific internal representation of articulatory-to-acoustic relationships rather than to anatomical or neurophysiological limitations. Speech control could thus be ensured partly with the use of this internal representation, and partly - particularly under perturbed conditions - by monitoring the acoustic signal. (C) 1995 Acoustical Society of America.