VOWELS IN STANDARD AUSTRIAN GERMAN - Acoustics ...

Sylvia Moosmüller
Additionally, movements are slower in the case of a velar release. This adds to the fact
that at vowel onset, F2 is higher when preceded by a velar plosive. Therefore, in the
context of the vowel /A/, plosive place of articulation can be inferred from the F2 value
at vowel onset (see Figure 5.19).
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Figure 5.19: Density plot of the mean values of F2 and F3 of the first five frames calculated
from vowel onset of all /A/ vowels in stressed positions, sentence reading task,
speaker sp082. Red lines: C = bilabial, black lines: C = alveolar, blue lines: C =
velar.
It can be seen from Figure 5.19 that F2 at vowel onset (the first five frames) is highest
when preceded by a velar plosive, intermediate when preceded by an alveolar plosive