The fronting of the two high-back vowels /u:/ and /U/ in Southern British English is very well documented, but mainly in the acoustic domain. This paper presents articulatory (ultrasound) data, comparing the relative tongue position of these vowels in fronting and non-fronting consonantal contexts, i.e. preceding a coronal consonant (food, foot) and preceding a coda /l/ (fool, full ). Particular attention is paid to the comparison between articulatory results and corresponding acoustic measurements of F2 in both vowels. Results show thatthe average dierences between food and foot and their dynamic proles are similar in articulation and acoustics. In /u:l/ sequences (fool ), tongue position is more advanced than could be inferred from its low F2. In addition, even though the tongues position in fool and full is clearly distinct, there is no comparable corresponding dierence in F2. This suggests that the common articulatory metaphor that characterises F2 increase as fronting must be used cautiously. In the case of English high-back vowel fronting, special attention must bepaid to the anking consonants when estimating vowel distances. This paper also provides specic recommendations for recording and analysing ultrasound data in research on vowel variation and change.
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机译:在南英式英语中,两个高背元音/ u:/和/ U /的开头非常有据可查,但主要在声学领域。本文介绍了发音数据(超声波),比较了这些元音在前置和非前置辅音环境中的相对舌头位置,即在冠状辅音(食物,足部)和尾声/ l /(傻子,饱满)之前。尤其要注意两个元音中发音结果与F2的相应声学测量之间的比较。结果表明,食物和脚之间的平均差异及其动态轮廓在发音和声学方面相似。在/ u:l /序列(傻瓜)中,舌头位置比从其低F2推断出的位置更高级。此外,即使舌头在傻瓜和饱足中的位置明显不同,在F2中也没有可比的相应差异。这表明必须谨慎使用以F2为特征的常见发音隐喻,因为前锋会增加。对于英语高背元音,在估计元音距离时必须特别注意anking辅音。本文还提供有关在元音变化和变化研究中记录和分析超声数据的具体建议。
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