ARTICULATORY MODELING OF CONSONANT RELEASE GESTURE

Hosung Nam
Yale University & Haskins Laboratories

ID 1648
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This study examines the dynamics of consonant release motion. The release in syllable onset is shown to exhibit consonant-like speed to reach the rest position but the rest position corresponds to that of a concomitant vowel. We attempt to model such dual status of the release motion in the task-dynamic speech production model by splitting dynamic blending parameter into stiffness and target.