Subtlottal coupling and vowel space : an investigation in quantal theory

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Sonderegger, Morgan A
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics.
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Kenneth N. Stevens.
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Abstract
We describe the attenuation of the second vowel formant peak near the second resonance of the subglottal system, and test whether it is a quantal acoustic-articulatory relation (Stevens 1972, 1989) dividing front and back vowels. We find strong evidence for this hypothesis within English and cross-linguistically, and illustrate one way to test proposed quantal relations.
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Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2004.
 
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 71-73).
 
Date issued
2004
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32843
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Physics.
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