Tongue Height, Vowel Quality and Nasality in Québec French: An Acoustic and Articulatory Study

This paper employs ultrasound and nasometric instruments in a variable-rate reading task to examine regressive nasalization in Québec French. We measure tongue height according to nasality of context, as well as percent nasality (via an energy-based ratio formula) and vowel duration. Results show hi...

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Published inJournal of the Phonetic Society of Japan Vol. 23; pp. 130 - 147
Main Authors Dow, Michael, Gibson, Mark, Johnson, Charles
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published The Phonetic Society of Japan 01.12.2019
Subjects
coarticulation
nasometry
Québec French
ultrasound
vowel nasality
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Summary:This paper employs ultrasound and nasometric instruments in a variable-rate reading task to examine regressive nasalization in Québec French. We measure tongue height according to nasality of context, as well as percent nasality (via an energy-based ratio formula) and vowel duration. Results show high degrees of nasalization for high vowels and certain mid vowels for the group as a whole, and that certain speakers increase the nasal salience of mid and/or high vowels, while others modulate tongue height to undo displacement of the percepts of vowel height as the result of nasal coupling.
ISSN:1342-8675
2189-5961
DOI:10.24467/onseikenkyu.23.0_130