Articulografía

Articulografía refers to the study and description of the movements and postures of the speech organs used to produce sounds. It is a subfield of phonetics that focuses on the physiological aspect of speech production, examining how the lips, tongue, jaw, palate, and vocal cords work together to create the distinct sounds of language. Articulografía involves observing and analyzing these movements, often through techniques like X-ray imaging, electromyography, or direct observation. The goal is to understand the precise actions that differentiate one phoneme from another, contributing to the understanding of how humans produce and perceive speech. This field is crucial for speech therapy, linguistics, and the development of speech synthesis technologies. By detailing the articulation of specific sounds, articulografía provides a framework for diagnosing speech disorders and for teaching correct pronunciation. It explains phenomena such as assimilation, where sounds become more like neighboring sounds due to articulatory ease, or coarticulation, where the articulation of one sound influences the articulation of adjacent sounds.