Labial-Coronal vs. Labial-Velar Consonant Sequences: An Articulatory Study
Résumé
Studies have shown a Labial-Coronal order preference over Coronal-Labial both in children's production at the first-words stage and in the lexicons of various world languages while a similar Labial-Velar order preference has not been observed. The Labial-Coronal effect (LC effect) has recently been studied in EMA experiments, in order to better understand the origin of this effect. In our study, we compare in a production task the stability of: (i) CVCV sequences in Labial-Coronal order vs. Coronal-Labial order and, (ii) CVCV sequences with Labial-Velar vs. Velar-Labial order. Participants performed a repetition task at an increasing speech rate. We recorded trajectories and timing of articulatory movements with the EMA 2D articulograph. In this paper are presented our preliminary results.