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Article Dans Une Revue Journal of the International Phonetic Association Année : 2023

An MRI-based articulatory analysis of the Kannada dental-retroflex contrast

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This paper investigates the production of dental and retroflex stops, fricatives, nasals, and laterals in the Dravidian language Kannada. This is done using articulatory contours extracted from an extensive midsagittal MRI corpus of two female Kannada speakers’ static vocal tract postures intended to capture key aspects of phonemic articulations. Articulatory modelling was used to determine a set of components responsible for the implementation of place and manner contrasts (/t̪ s̪ n̪ l̪/ vs. /ʈ ʂ ɳ ɭ/). These components included both lingual and non-lingual articulatory parameters. Constriction location and length were also determined based on articulatory contours. The results showed that the two speakers produced non-fricative retroflexes with a retracted tongue tip making a constriction behind the alveolar ridge and a characteristic convex tongue shape, yet without a retraction of the posterior portion of the tongue. Apart from the lingual parameters, place differences were also manifested by the vertical position of the larynx (lower for retroflexes). The realisation of the place contrast in sibilant fricatives was different, as /ʂ/ appeared to be produced by both speakers with a laminal alveolopalatal constriction. Manner differences were captured by various non-lingual parameters, yet being also manifested in constriction locations (more anterior for stops). These findings are discussed in the context of previous descriptive and articulatory accounts of dental-retroflex contrasts.
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hal-04277940 , version 1 (09-11-2023)

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Alexei Kochetov, Christophe Savariaux, Laurent Lamalle, Camille Noûs, Pierre Badin. An MRI-based articulatory analysis of the Kannada dental-retroflex contrast. Journal of the International Phonetic Association, inPress, pp.1-37. ⟨10.1017/S0025100323000221⟩. ⟨hal-04277940⟩
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