@article {35,
	title = {Articulatory asymmetries in speech production},
	year = {2015},
	publisher = {Nederlandse Vereniging voor Fonetische Wetenschappen},
	address = {Utrecht, The Netherlands},
	abstract = {<p>This paper presents the results from an investigation of asymmetries in speech articulation on the basis of 1,502 previously published palatograms of a wide variety of speech sounds in a range of languages. For each palatogram, the direction and degree of tongue-palate contact was quantified by means of an index capturing the degree of lateral asymmetry.</p>

<p>The results of this investigation show that lingual asymmetry in the articulation of speech sounds is substantial: 83 \% of the palatograms are asymmetrical. With respect to the direction of the asymmetry it is found that the asymmetry is more often towards the left side of the palate (45 \%) than to the right side (38 \%). Further analysis reveals that there are significant differences in both the direction and the degree of the asymmetry as a function of manner and place of articulation.</p>
},
	author = {Jo Verhoeven and Ilke De Clerck and Peter Mariën}
}
