An Analysis of the Relative Timing of Coarticulated Gestures within VCV Sequences
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Accounting for the fine details of the patterning of co-articulated gestures in time is an important outstanding challenge. We report articulatory data capturing the relative timing of consonantal and final vowel gestures in VCV sequences. The elicitation procedure used ensures that the speech studied exhibits substantial variation in both speaking rate and in the degree of hypo/hyper-articulation. We find that both gradient and categorical effects appear to underlie the resulting inter-gestural timing. The results are compatible with a view of coordination based on efficiency principles.
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