ISCA Archive SPM 1996
ISCA Archive SPM 1996

The influence of prosodic position on velic and lingual articulation in French: evidence from EPG and airflow data

Cécile Fougeron, Patricia A. Keating

Prosodic position influences the articulation of the consonants [t] and [n], observed for one French subject. Both lingual and nasal articulations for [n] are affected by the position of the consonant. The higher the prosodic position of the consonant, the less nasal flow [n] has and the more linguopalatal contact [n] and [t] have. This variation in articulation distinguishes 3 to 4 prosodic levels depending on the articulators (and/or the technique).