Year: 2024
Type: conference-paper
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This paper investigates the extent to which the geographical region (country) where a speaker acquired their English language affects the articulatory setting in their speech.To obtain accurate measurements for evaluating articulatory setting, we utilized a large real-time MRI corpus of vocal tract articulation.The corpus was obtained from speakers from a variety of linguistic backgrounds producing continuous English speech.We use an automated pipeline to process and extract articulatory positional information from the MRI video data.This data is used to draw comparisons between English language speakers from the United States and speakers who acquired their English in India, Korea, and China.Analysis of the speaker groups reveals statistically significant articulatory setting posture differences in multiple places of articulation.
Source: Interspeech (USB)
Authors: Kevin Huang, Jack Goldberg, Louis Goldstein, Shrikanth Narayanan
Institution: University of Southern California
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4402112232