The relationship of vocal tract dimensions and substitution of the palatal approximant /j/ for the alveolar trill /r/

Alfwaress, Firas; Maaitah, Emad F. Al; Al-Khateeb, Susan N.; Zama, Zakaria Abu

doi:10.3109/17549507.2015.1024165

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“…There is strong evidence that vowel articulation is influenced by palate shape and by pharyngeal cavity space. 34,35 Although these findings apply to vowels rather than /r/ specifically, they do suggest that, for any one speaker, anatomical influences such as palate shape, pharyngeal space, and oral cavity length limit the range of tongue configurations that will produce a "correct" /r/. On the other hand, Westbury and colleagues did not find a correlation between palate length and /r/ configuration types.…”

Section: Clinical Relevance Of Pharyngeal Constriction and Tongue Groovementioning

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The Articulatory Phonetics of /r/ for Residual Speech Errors

Boyce

2015

Semin Speech Lang

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Effective treatment for children with Residual Speech Sound Disorders (RSSD) requires in-depth knowledge of articulatory phonetics, but this level of detail may not be provided as part of typical clinical coursework. . Incorporating contemporary work in the basic articulatory sciences into clinical training becomes especially important at a time when new imaging technologies such as and ultrasound continue to inform our clinical understanding of speech disorders. This is particularly the case for the speech sound most likely to persist among children with RSSD--the North American English rhotic sound, /r/. The goal of this paper is to review important information about articulatory phonetics as it affects children with RSSD who present with /r/ production difficulties. The data presented are largely drawn from ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) studies. This information will be placed into a clinical context by comparing productions of typical adult speakers to successful vs misarticulated productions of two children with persistent /r/ difficulties.

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Section: Clinical Relevance Of Pharyngeal Constriction and Tongue Groovementioning

confidence: 87%

The Articulatory Phonetics of /r/ for Residual Speech Errors

Boyce

2015

Semin Speech Lang

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“…alveolar approximants), but these substitution patterns seem to differ across languages and speakers (e.g. the allophonic palatal approximant [j] studied in Alfwaress et al 2015 for native Arabic speakers).…”

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What’s in the r? A review of the usage of the r symbol in the Illustrations of the IPA

Anselme¹,

Pellegrino²,

Dediu³

2023

Journal of the International Phonetic Association

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What does the symbol r mean when it is used in a transcription? Here we analyze the use of the symbols for the alveolar trills (r) and taps ( ) among the Illustrations of the IPA since 1971. We begin by sketching the history of the various symbols and conventions used to represent the trill and the tap in two transcription traditions: the Americanist Transcription System and the International Phonetic Alphabet. From the 213 languages covered until 2021, we carefully analyze the 162 that have trills and/or taps, using the information provided in Illustrations. Our results show that r tends to be used to represent a generic ‘r-like’ sound in both transcription traditions. More precisely, by comparing the use of r in the consonant tables and in the transcriptions of their accompanying narrative texts, we show that r is not systematically associated with an alveolar trill. Furthermore, we show that phonetic trills are less frequent than phonetic taps, while phonemic trills are more frequent than phonemic taps. As a consequence, inferring the presence of trilling in a sound system from the presence of r in its transcription is not as straightforward as one might expect. These findings highlight the critical importance of being absolutely explicit about the meaning of the various symbols found in grammars and secondary databases, and of r in particular, as a preliminary step in a broad range of studies, including cross-linguistic comparisons, inferences about the past or generalizations about language acquisition and articulatory effort.

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Speech Production Patterns in Producing Linguistic Contrasts are Partly Determined by Individual Differences in Anatomy

Johnson¹

2018

UC Berkeley Phonology Lab Annual Reports

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The relationship of vocal tract dimensions and substitution of the palatal approximant /j/ for the alveolar trill /r/

Cited by 3 publications

References 22 publications

The Articulatory Phonetics of /r/ for Residual Speech Errors

The Articulatory Phonetics of /r/ for Residual Speech Errors

What’s in the r? A review of the usage of the r symbol in the Illustrations of the IPA

Speech Production Patterns in Producing Linguistic Contrasts are Partly Determined by Individual Differences in Anatomy

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