X-rays of vocal tracts
Dear everyone, The vocal track is a fabulous thing, and most of it is hidden from our eyes. That's why x-rays are so awesome. In this post, we're going to look at the vocal track in profile through x-rays. It's not about grammar, but it is entertaining and educational. This here are 3 gifs of people using their vocal tract. These images are from Christine Ericsdotter's research (Ericsdotter 1999, Stark et al 1999). Female subject saying swedish ''både'' (eng: both) Pictures from Christine Ericsdotter's website Female subject exploring her vocal tract Pictures from Christine Ericsdotter's website Male subject saying swedish ''pion'' [piun] Pictures from Christine Ericsdotter's w ebsite The study behind the images above Christine and many others from the phonetics section of the department of linguistics at Stockholm university have been involved in a study that took place at the Danderyd hospita...