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A Dynamical Approach to Gestural Patterning in Speech Production

Saltzman, Elliot L., Munhall, Kevin G.·1989·Ecological Psychology

Abstract

In this article, we attempt to reconcile the linguistic hypothesis that speech involves an underlying sequencing of abstract, discrete, context-independent units, with the empirical observation of continuous, context-dependent interleaving of articulatory movements. To this end, we first review a previously proposed task-dynamic model for the coordination and control of the speech articulators. We then describe an extension of this model in which invariant speech units (gestural primitives) are identified with context-independent sets of parameters in a dynamical system having two functionally distinct but interacting levels. The intergestural level is defined according to a set of activation coordinates; the interarticulator level is defined according to both model articulator and tractvariable coordinates. In the framework of this extended model, coproduction effects in speech are described in terms of the blending dynamics defined among a set of temporally overlapping active units; the relative timing of speech gestures is formulated in terms of the serial dynamics that shape the temporal patterning of onsets and offsets in unit activations. Implications of this approach for certain phonological issues are discussed, and a range of relevant experimental data on speech and limb motor control is reviewed.

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Authors
Saltzman, E. L., & Munhall, K. G.
Venue
Ecological Psychology
Published
1989-12
Volume
1
Issue
4
Pages
333-382
ISSN
  • 1040-7413 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-6969
OpenAlex
W2048449762
Cited by
946
References
111
Citations by year
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FWCI
13.52
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Ecological Psychology (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phonetics and Phonology Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Voice and Speech Disorders
Keywords
speech production, articulatory coordination, co-production, phonological theory

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