Palatography
Palatography is a technique used to identify which parts of the mouth are used when making different sounds. This technique is often used by linguists doing field work on little-known natural languages. A record made through palatography is called a palatogram.[1]
It involves painting a coloring agent, such as a dye or a mixture of charcoal and olive oil on the tongue or the roof of a person's mouth and having that person pronounce a specific sound. A photograph is then made of the mouth roof and tongue in order to determine how the sound was articulated.[2]
The technique can also be performed electronically (electropalatography) using a tool called a pseudo-palate, which consists of a retainer-like plate lined with electrodes that is placed on the roof of the mouth while the speaker pronounces a sound.
See also
References
- ^ "Palatogram". Merriam Webster. 2002. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
- ^ Cruttenden, Alan (2014). Gimson's Pronunciation of English (8th ed.). Routledge. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-4441-8309-2.
External links
- www.linguistics.ucla.edu Static Palatography
- www.linguistics.ucla.edu "Preserving the Sounds of Disappearing Languages"
- www.linguistics.ucla.edu Electropalatography (EPG)
- Scholar Space: Static Palatography for Language Fieldwork
