This paper reviews the current state of several formal models of speech motor control, with
particular focus on the low-level control of the speech articulators. Further development of …

INTRODUCTION Human speech manifests itself in spectacular diversity, ranging from
ubiquitous sounds such as “m” and “a” to the rare click consonants in some languages of …

The field of articulatory phonetics is concerned primarily with the question of how speech is
realized through movements of body structures. While articulatory phoneticians have often …

This dissertation examines the phonetic and phonological functioning of the supraglottal part
of the larynx, the epilarynx, from an articulatory-physiological perspective. The central thesis …

A finite element method-based numerical model of upper airway structures (jaw, tongue,
maxilla, soft palate) was implemented to observe interactions between the soft palate and …

This paper outlines a theoretical approach to speech sound systems based on the notion of
phonological potentials: physical 'pressures' or biases that give rise to discrete structure and …

Purpose Recent proposals suggest that (a) the high dimensionality of speech motor control
may be reduced via modular neuromuscular organization that takes advantage of intrinsic …

The unique biomechanical and functional constraints on human speech make it a promising
area for research investigating modular control of movement. The present article illustrates …

Duality of patterning, which refers to the fact that in languages a limited number of
meaningless units combine to create an unlimited number of meaningful units, is considered …

A method is demonstrated for creating density-equalizing maps of IPA consonant and vowel
charts, where the size of a cell in the chart reflects information such as the crosslinguistic …