ISCA Archive SPM 1996
ISCA Archive SPM 1996

Articulatory and acoustic simulations of VV transitions with a 2d biomechanical tongue model controlled by the equilibrium point hypothesis

Yohan Payan, Pascal Perrier

A model of speech motor control is presented, based on Feldman's (1966) Equilibrium Point Hypothesis. An assessment of this model is proposed, including the control of a 2D biomechanical model of the tongue. Articulatory and acoustic patterns synthesized with this model for various vowel-to-vowel transitions, are compared to data collected on a French native speaker, with an electromagnetic midsagittal articulometer.