Tongue shape variation model for simulating Mandarin Chinese articulation
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Zhang, Jinguang; Wu, Xiyu; Kong, Jiangping
- Source
- 2016 10th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing (ISCSLP) Chinese Spoken Language Processing (ISCSLP), 2016 10th International Symposium on. :1-5 Oct, 2016
- Subject
- Computing and Processing
Signal Processing and Analysis
Tongue
Shape
Principal component analysis
Speech
Films
X-ray imaging
Correlation
tongue articulation
factor analysis
model
- Language
We studied tongue shapes extracted from X-ray films which were taken during the process of mandarin Chinese articulation. Through factor analysis, we built an eight-parameter-driven tongue articulation model. This study reveals that the front of the tongue has large horizontal movement; the blade of the tongue has large vertical movement; whereas the back, as well as the root, of the tongue has small movement both horizontally and vertically. This model can be used to drive a 3D tongue model to control its articulatory behavior.