Year: 1973
Type: conference-abstract
Abstract: Recording equipment was transported to Yuendumu, N. T., Australia, to obtain data on tongue and lip activity of aboriginals during speech and swallowing. Strain gauge pressure transducers were fitted into custom constructed plates to be placed in the speaker's mouth to record tongue and lip contact at several locations. Eighteen speakers whose native language is Walbiri acted as subjects. Eight prerecorded Walbiri words and four nonsense words, five repetitions each, were presented to the subjects. These tokens contained three of the Walbiri modifications of the phoneme /t/ situated intervocalically in each word. Distinct articulation patterns of both tongue and lips were found for the three phonemes regardless of whether they were located in meaningful or nonsense words. Furthermore, pressure patterns for the phoneme most like the American language /t/ were very similar to patterns for American speakers. This was true even though tongue and lip movements during swallowing were quite different from Americans. [Kenneth Hale assisted in preparing the speech stimulus. Support from the Fulbright program, NIDR, and Southern Society of Orthodontists is gratefully acknowledged.]
DOI: 10.1121/1.1982183
Authors: W. R. Proffit, R. E. McGlone, M. J. Barrett
Institutions: University of Kentucky, The University of Adelaide
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: National Institutes of Health
OpenAlex ID: W2094881692