Dissertation Research: Phonetic Theory and Cross-Linguistic Variation in Vowel Articulation

论文研究：语音理论和元音发音的跨语言变异

• 批准号: 8713522
• 金额: $ 0.5万
• 依托单位: University of California-Los Angeles
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-01-01 至 1989-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8713522&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Phonetic; Theory; Cross

This is a study of the articulation of vowels in a large number of languages, through the examination of collections of x-ray photographs located in repositories in Budapest, Strasbourg, Toronto, and Iowa City. No new x-ray photographs will be made. It is expected that comparison of these photographs will demonstrate that the range of variation across speakers of a given language will be systematically constrained, and from language to language there will be regular differences in vowel articulation. This study has the potential to contribute to a quantitative model of articulation in support of phonological theory, which until now has made tenuous connections between basically perceptual features and the actual configuation of the vocal track during speech production. The hypothesis of the investigators is that there is a finite set of "articulatory primes" which serve as the building blocks of all vowel articulations observed across languages.

这是一个研究的发音元音在大量的 通过检查X射线的集合， 位于布达佩斯，斯特拉斯堡， 多伦多和爱荷华州市。 将不拍摄新的X线照片。 预计这些照片的比较将 证明了一个人的说话者之间的变化范围 语言将受到系统的限制， 不同语言之间元音会有规律的差异 清晰度 这项研究有可能有助于定量 发音模型，以支持音系理论， 到目前为止，已经基本上在 声音的知觉特征和实际形态 在演讲制作过程中。 的假设 研究人员认为，有一组有限的“发音”， 作为所有元音的基石 不同语言间的发音