2013/04/01 by Daniel Recasens · 118 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · Computer Science · Mathematics · Medicine · #Phonetics and Phonology Research #Linguistic Variation and Morphology #Speech Recognition and Synthesis #Place of articulation #Articulation (sociology) #Manner of articulation #Vowel #Consonant #Vocal tract #Linguistics #Sagittal plane #Alphabet #Mathematics #Psychology #Speech recognition #Computer science #Medicine #Anatomy
paper · doi:10.1017/s0025100312000199
published in Journal of the International Phonetic Association 43(1), 1-22 (Cambridge University Press)
openalex publication_date 2013/04/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
Linguopalatal and sagittal vocal tract configuration data from a large number of languages reveal that the so-called palatal consonants (i.e. [ç ʎ c ɲ j]), as well as the vowel [ i ], are often realized simultaneously at the alveolar and palatal zones. Moreover, while some of these sound categories may also exhibit a palatal constriction ([ç c ɲ j i ]), others are exclusively alveolar or alveolopalatal in line with the manner of articulation characteristics involved ([ʎ], also [ɕ] and [tʃ]). Consonants may favor one or more places of articulation and differ in fronting degree depending on the language taken into consideration; moreover, there appears to be a symmetry requirement by which consonants differing in manner, such as [ c ] and [ɲ], may agree in place. The data reported in this paper argue in favor of a revision of the articulatory classification of palatal consonants by the International Phonetic Alphabet involving their subdivision into two classes, an alveolopalatal and a palatal one.