Michael Proctor
Biographic Data
| ID | 99974 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Proctor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Proctor |
| SIGNATURE | PROCTOR M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Macquarie University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3083-6859 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Central vowels in Kamu and Larrakia
The vowel inventories of Kamu and Larrakia each consist of peripheral /i/-/u/-/e/-/a/-/o/ and another non-low vowel that has not been phonetically characterized. Descriptions of similar six-vowel systems in Western Top End languages offer inconsistent accounts of the non-peripheral vowel, but no instrumental analysis has yet been conducted. Acoustic and phonological analysis reveals that the sixth vowel is best characterized as /ʉ/ in Kamu and /ɨ…
Articulation of vowel length contrasts in Australian English
Acoustic studies have shown that in Australian English (AusE), vowel length contrasts are realised through temporal, spectral and dynamic characteristics. However, relatively little is known about the articulatory differences between long and short vowels in this variety. This study investigates the articulatory properties of three long–short vowel pairs in AusE: /iː–ɪ/ beat – bit , /ɐː–ɐ/ cart – cut and /oː–ɔ/ port – pot , using electromagnetic …
The Kaytetye segmental inventory
There are three phonological hypotheses on the Kaytetye segmental inventory. Hypothesis 1 proposes 30 segments: four monophthongs, one diphthong and 25 consonants. Hypothesis 2 proposes 54 segments: two monophthongs and 52 consonants. Hypothesis 3 proposes 55 segments: three monophthongs and 52 consonants. The choice between these three hypotheses has significant implications for models of phonological contrast, phonotactic organization, syllable…
Gestural characterisation of vowel length contrasts in Australian English
Evidence for active control of tongue lateralization in Australian English /l
Research on the temporal dynamics of /l/ production has focused primarily on mid-sagittal tongue movements. This study reports how known variations in the timing of mid-sagittal gestures are related to para-sagittal dynamics in /l/ formation in Australian English (AusE), using three-dimensional electromagnetic articulography (3D EMA). The articulatory analyses show (1) consistent with past work, the temporal lag between tongue tip and tongue body…
Punjabi (Lyallpuri variety)
Punjabi (Western, ISO-639-3 pnb) is an Indo-Aryan language (Indo-European, Indo-Iranian) spoken in Pakistan and India, and in immigrant communities in the UK, Canada, USA, and elsewhere. In terms of number of native speakers, it is ranked 10th among the world's languages, with more than 100 million speakers (Lewis, Simons & Fennig 2016). Aspects of the phonology of different varieties of Punjabi have been described in Jain (1934), Arun (1961), Gi…
The organisation and structure of rhotics in American English rhymes
Language-specific maximal size restrictions on syllables have been defined using frames such as moraic structure. In General American English, a trimoraic syllable template makes largely successful predictions about contexts where tense/lax vowel contrasts are neutralised, but neutralisation preceding a coda rhotic has not been adequately explained. We attribute the apparent special properties of coda /ɹ/ to two characteristics of its representat…
Articulatory characterization of English liquid-final rimes
Doing Secondary Analysis: A Practical Guide
Articulatory characterization of English liquid-final rimes
Gestural characterisation of vowel length contrasts in Australian English
Evidence for active control of tongue lateralization in Australian English /l
Research on the temporal dynamics of /l/ production has focused primarily on mid-sagittal tongue movements. This study reports how known variations in the timing of mid-sagittal gestures are related to para-sagittal dynamics in /l/ formation in Australian English (AusE), using three-dimensional electromagnetic articulography (3D EMA). The articulatory analyses show (1) consistent with past work, the temporal lag between tongue tip and tongue body…
Punjabi (Lyallpuri variety)
Punjabi (Western, ISO-639-3 pnb) is an Indo-Aryan language (Indo-European, Indo-Iranian) spoken in Pakistan and India, and in immigrant communities in the UK, Canada, USA, and elsewhere. In terms of number of native speakers, it is ranked 10th among the world's languages, with more than 100 million speakers (Lewis, Simons & Fennig 2016). Aspects of the phonology of different varieties of Punjabi have been described in Jain (1934), Arun (1961), Gi…
The Kaytetye segmental inventory
There are three phonological hypotheses on the Kaytetye segmental inventory. Hypothesis 1 proposes 30 segments: four monophthongs, one diphthong and 25 consonants. Hypothesis 2 proposes 54 segments: two monophthongs and 52 consonants. Hypothesis 3 proposes 55 segments: three monophthongs and 52 consonants. The choice between these three hypotheses has significant implications for models of phonological contrast, phonotactic organization, syllable…
Doing Secondary Analysis: A Practical Guide
The organisation and structure of rhotics in American English rhymes
Language-specific maximal size restrictions on syllables have been defined using frames such as moraic structure. In General American English, a trimoraic syllable template makes largely successful predictions about contexts where tense/lax vowel contrasts are neutralised, but neutralisation preceding a coda rhotic has not been adequately explained. We attribute the apparent special properties of coda /ɹ/ to two characteristics of its representat…
Articulatory characterization of English liquid-final rimes
Punjabi (Lyallpuri variety)
Punjabi (Western, ISO-639-3 pnb) is an Indo-Aryan language (Indo-European, Indo-Iranian) spoken in Pakistan and India, and in immigrant communities in the UK, Canada, USA, and elsewhere. In terms of number of native speakers, it is ranked 10th among the world's languages, with more than 100 million speakers (Lewis, Simons & Fennig 2016). Aspects of the phonology of different varieties of Punjabi have been described in Jain (1934), Arun (1961), Gi…
Evidence for active control of tongue lateralization in Australian English /l
Research on the temporal dynamics of /l/ production has focused primarily on mid-sagittal tongue movements. This study reports how known variations in the timing of mid-sagittal gestures are related to para-sagittal dynamics in /l/ formation in Australian English (AusE), using three-dimensional electromagnetic articulography (3D EMA). The articulatory analyses show (1) consistent with past work, the temporal lag between tongue tip and tongue body…
Articulation of vowel length contrasts in Australian English
Acoustic studies have shown that in Australian English (AusE), vowel length contrasts are realised through temporal, spectral and dynamic characteristics. However, relatively little is known about the articulatory differences between long and short vowels in this variety. This study investigates the articulatory properties of three long–short vowel pairs in AusE: /iː–ɪ/ beat – bit , /ɐː–ɐ/ cart – cut and /oː–ɔ/ port – pot , using electromagnetic …
The Kaytetye segmental inventory
There are three phonological hypotheses on the Kaytetye segmental inventory. Hypothesis 1 proposes 30 segments: four monophthongs, one diphthong and 25 consonants. Hypothesis 2 proposes 54 segments: two monophthongs and 52 consonants. Hypothesis 3 proposes 55 segments: three monophthongs and 52 consonants. The choice between these three hypotheses has significant implications for models of phonological contrast, phonotactic organization, syllable…
Gestural characterisation of vowel length contrasts in Australian English
Central vowels in Kamu and Larrakia
The vowel inventories of Kamu and Larrakia each consist of peripheral /i/-/u/-/e/-/a/-/o/ and another non-low vowel that has not been phonetically characterized. Descriptions of similar six-vowel systems in Western Top End languages offer inconsistent accounts of the non-peripheral vowel, but no instrumental analysis has yet been conducted. Acoustic and phonological analysis reveals that the sixth vowel is best characterized as /ʉ/ in Kamu and /ɨ…
Phonetics and Phonology Research (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Vowel (7 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (6 works) · Speech recognition (6 works) · Speech Recognition and Synthesis (5 works) · Syllable (5 works) · Artificial Intelligence (4 works) · Gesture (4 works)