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Presentation 2010-06-11 13:45
Vowel Epenthesis in Consonant Clusters -- An EMA Study --
Seiya Funatsu (Pref. Univ. Hiroshima), Masako Fujimoto (NIJL) EA2010-33
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) We investigated the mechanisms of vowel epenthesis in consonant clusters using electromagnetic articulograph (EMA). Results showed that tongue tip displacement from first consonant to second consonant was larger and takes longer moving time for Japanese subjects than for a German subject. These results suggest that Japanese, whose language has no consonant clusters, did not prepare for the next consonant when they articulated the first consonant in a consonant cluster. In contrast, German, whose language has rich variety of consonant clusters, prepared for a next consonant during the first one in a consonant cluster. In other words, coarticulation is weaker for Japanese speakers than German. Moreover, these results suggested that vowel epenthesis in consonant clusters arose from multiple factors, larger tongue tip movement from first to second consonant and mistiming of vocal cords vibration.
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(in English) consonant cluster / vowel epenthesis / EMA / coarticulation / / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 110, no. 71, EA2010-33, pp. 65-70, June 2010.
Paper # EA2010-33 
Date of Issue 2010-06-03 (EA) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Committee EA  
Conference Date 2010-06-10 - 2010-06-11 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Health Sci. Univ. of Hokkaido 
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Topics (in English) Engineering/Electro Acoustics, Musical Acoustics, Psychological and Physiological Acoustics, and Related Topics 
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Conference Code 2010-06-EA 
Language Japanese 
Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
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Title (in English) Vowel Epenthesis in Consonant Clusters 
Sub Title (in English) An EMA Study 
Keyword(1) consonant cluster  
Keyword(2) vowel epenthesis  
Keyword(3) EMA  
Keyword(4) coarticulation  
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1st Author's Name Seiya Funatsu  
1st Author's Affiliation The Prefectural University of Hiroshima (Pref. Univ. Hiroshima)
2nd Author's Name Masako Fujimoto  
2nd Author's Affiliation National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NIJL)
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Date Time 2010-06-11 13:45:00 
Presentation Time 30 minutes 
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Paper # EA2010-33 
Volume (vol) vol.110 
Number (no) no.71 
Page pp.65-70 
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Date of Issue 2010-06-03 (EA) 


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