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undergraduate thesis: A kinematic study of the labial and mandibular movements during production of Cantonese bilabial plosives
Title | A kinematic study of the labial and mandibular movements during production of Cantonese bilabial plosives |
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Issue Date | 2014 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Lai, T. [黎子瑛]. (2014). A kinematic study of the labial and mandibular movements during production of Cantonese bilabial plosives. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. |
Abstract | This study examined the possible effects of aspiration and vowel context on labial and mandibular gestures during production of Cantonese bilabial plosives /p/ and /p^h/. Thirty adult native Cantonese speakers were recruited in the study. Participants were asked to read aloud VCV sequences upon spoken examples presented in random fashion. Kinematic data describing the movements of upper and lower lips, and lower jaw were obtained using Electromagnetic Articulography (EMA).
Results revealed a significant aspiration effect on the vertical velocities of lower lip and jaw movements, and such effect was consistent across all vowel contexts. However, results did not reveal any significant aspiration effect, except some effects for vowel context in the anteroposterior displacements and velocities during upper and lower lips movements. The findings appear to confirm the hypothesis of muscular force as the main driving force in facilitating the production of unaspirated bilabial plosive /p/. Yet, the mechanism governing the lip opening for aspirated cognate /p^h/ may require further examination. |
Degree | Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences |
Subject | Pronunciation - Cantonese dialects |
Dept/Program | Speech and Hearing Sciences |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/238917 |
HKU Library Item ID | b5806483 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Lai, Tsz-ying | - |
dc.contributor.author | 黎子瑛 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-02-23T23:30:39Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-02-23T23:30:39Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Lai, T. [黎子瑛]. (2014). A kinematic study of the labial and mandibular movements during production of Cantonese bilabial plosives. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/238917 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This study examined the possible effects of aspiration and vowel context on labial and mandibular gestures during production of Cantonese bilabial plosives /p/ and /p^h/. Thirty adult native Cantonese speakers were recruited in the study. Participants were asked to read aloud VCV sequences upon spoken examples presented in random fashion. Kinematic data describing the movements of upper and lower lips, and lower jaw were obtained using Electromagnetic Articulography (EMA). Results revealed a significant aspiration effect on the vertical velocities of lower lip and jaw movements, and such effect was consistent across all vowel contexts. However, results did not reveal any significant aspiration effect, except some effects for vowel context in the anteroposterior displacements and velocities during upper and lower lips movements. The findings appear to confirm the hypothesis of muscular force as the main driving force in facilitating the production of unaspirated bilabial plosive /p/. Yet, the mechanism governing the lip opening for aspirated cognate /p^h/ may require further examination. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | - |
dc.rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Pronunciation - Cantonese dialects | - |
dc.title | A kinematic study of the labial and mandibular movements during production of Cantonese bilabial plosives | - |
dc.type | UG_Thesis | - |
dc.identifier.hkul | b5806483 | - |
dc.description.thesisname | Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences | - |
dc.description.thesislevel | Bachelor | - |
dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Speech and Hearing Sciences | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991020911849703414 | - |