Palatography is a technique used to identify which parts of the mouth are used when making different sounds. This technique is often used by

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...

s doing field work on little-known natural languages. A record made through palatography is called a '' palatogram''. It involves painting a coloring agent, such as a dye or a mixture of charcoal and olive oil on the

tongue The tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth of a typical tetrapod. It manipulates food for mastication and swallowing as part of the digestive process, and is the primary organ of taste. The tongue's upper surface (dorsum) is covered by taste ...

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. The technique can also be performed electronically ( electropalatography) using a tool called a pseudo-palate, which consists of a

retainer Retainer may refer to: * Retainer (orthodontics), devices for teeth * RFA ''Retainer'' (A329), a ship * Retainers in early China, a social group in early China Employment * Retainer agreement, a contract in which an employer pays in advance for w ...

-like plate lined with electrodes that is placed on the roof of the mouth while the speaker pronounces a sound.

References

External links

www.linguistics.ucla.edu Static Palatography

www.linguistics.ucla.edu "Preserving the Sounds of Disappearing Languages"

Scholar Space: Static Palatography for Language Fieldwork
Human voice Phonetics {{phonetics-stub

See also

References

External links