Ph.D., Lund University, 1976

Research Interests

Speech motor control; laryngeal function in speech.

Representative Publications

Löfqvist, A. & McGowan, R. S. (1992). Influence of consonantal
environment on voice source aerodynamics. Journal of Phonetics, 20,
93-110.

Munhall, K. & Löfqvist, A. (1992). Gestural aggregation in speech:
Laryngeal gestures. Journal of Phonetics, 20, 111-126.

Löfqvist, A. (1992). Acoustic and aerodynamic effects of interarticulator
timing in voiceless consonants. Language and Speech, 35, 15-28.

Löfqvist, A. (1992). Aerodynamic measurements of vocal function.
In A. Blitzer, M. Brin, C. Sasaki, S. Fahn, & K. S. Harris (Eds.), Neurologic
Disorders of the Larynx, pp. 98-107. New York: Thieme.

Sahlén, B. & Löfqvist, A. (1993). Linguistic and dynamic modes of
description of developmental language disorders.
Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 7, 29-43.

Gracco, C., Gracco, V., Löfqvist, A., & Marek, K. (1993). An aerodynamic
evaluation of Parkinsonian dysarthria: Laryngeal and supralaryngeal manifestations. In J. Till, K. Yorkston, & D. Beukelman (Eds.), Motor speech disorders: Advances in assessment and treatment, (pp. 65-79). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

Sock, R. & Löfqvist, A. (1993). Resistance of bilabials /p, b/ to anticipatory
labial and mandibular coarticulation from vowel types /i, a, u/. In Eurospeech-93,
Vol. 1, pp. 541-544. Brussels: ESCA.

Löfqvist, A. & Oshima, K. (1993). Endoscopy, stroboscopy, and transillumination
in speech research. In M. Stone (Ed.), Measuring speech production.
(Video tape.) Woodbury: The Acoustical Society of America.

Löfqvist, A., Gracco, V. L., & Nye, P. W. (1993). Recording speech
movements using magnetometry: One laboratory's experience.
In Proceedings of the ACCOR Workshop on Electromagnetic Articulography in
Phonetic Research. Forschungsberichte (Institut für Phonetik und Sprachliche
Kommunikation der Universität München) 31, 143-162.

Löfqvist, A. (1993). Electromagnetic transduction techniques in the study of
speech motor control. In E. Strangert, M. Heldner, & P. Czigler (Eds.),
Studies Presented to Claes-Christian Elert on the Occasion of his Seventieth
Birthday. Phonum 2, 87-106. Umeå: Department of Phonetics, Umeå University.

Löfqvist, A. & Gracco, V. (1994). Tongue body kinematics in velar stop
production: Influences of consonant voicing and vowel context. Phonetica, 51, 52-67.

Munhall, K., Löfqvist, A. & Kelso, J. A. S. (1994). Lip-larynx coordination in
speech: Effects of mechanical perturbations to the lower lip. Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America, 95, 3605-3616.

Gracco, V. & Löfqvist, A. (1994). Speech motor coordination and control:
Evidence from lip, jaw, and laryngeal movements. Journal of Neuroscience, 14,
6585-6597.

Löfqvist, A. & Lindblom, B. (1994). Speech motor control. Current Opinion
in Neurobiology, 4, 823-826.

Löfqvist, A., Koenig, L. L., & McGowan, R. S. (1995). Vocal tract aerodynamics
in /aCa/ utterances: Measurements. Speech Communication, 16, 49-66.

McGowan, R. S., Koenig, L. L., & Löfqvist, A. (1995). Vocal tract aerodynamics
in /aCa/ utterances: Simulations. Speech Communication, 16, 67-88.

Sock, R. & Löfqvist, A. (1995). Some timing constraints in the production of
bilabial stops. Journal of Phonetics, 23, 129-138.

Löfqvist, A., Koenig, L., & McGowan, R. (1995). Voice source variations in
running speech: A study of Mandarin Chinese tones. In O. Fujimura &
M. Hirano (Eds.), Vocal fold physiology: Voice quality control (pp. 3-22).
San Diego: Singular Publishing Group.

Löfqvist, A. (1995). Laryngeal mechanisms and interarticulator timing in voiceless
consonant production. In F. Bell-Berti & L. Raphael (Eds.), Producing speech:
Contemporary issues for Katherine Safford Harris (pp. 99-116). Woodbury:
American Institute of Physics.

Saltzman, E., Löfqvist, A., Kinsella-Shaw, J., Kay, B. & Rubin, P. (1995). On
the dynamics of temporal patterning in speech. In F. Bell-Berti & L. Raphael (Eds.),
Producing speech: Contemporary issues for Katherine Safford Harris
(pp. 469-487). Woodbury: American Institute of Physics.

Löfqvist, A. & Gracco, V. (1995). Articulatory kinematics in stop consonants.
In K. Elenius & P. Branderud (Eds.), Proceedings of the XIII International
Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Vol. 3, (pp. 572-575). Stockholm.

Gracco, V. & Löfqvist, A. (1995). Spatial properties of speech movements.
In K. Elenius & P. Branderud (Eds.), Proceedings of the XIII International
Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Vol. 3 (pp. 568-571). Stockholm.

Sock, R. & Löfqvist, A. (1995). Quantity contrast in Swedish kinematic and
acoustic patterns. In K. Elenius & P. Branderud (Eds.), Proceedings of the XIII
International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Vol. 3 (pp. 580-583). Stockholm.

Sock, R., Perrier, P., & Löfqvist, A. (1995). Comparing tongue kinematic and
acoustic phasing patterns for vowel quantity contrasts in Wolof. In Eurospeech-95,
Vol. 3 (pp. 1921-1923). Madrid: Gráficas Brens.

Hogden, J., Löfqvist, A., Gracco, V., Rubin, P., & Saltzman, E. (1996). Accurate
recovery of articulator positions from acoustics: New conclusions based on human
data. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 100, 1819-1834.

Löfqvist, A. (1996). Control of oral closure and release in bilabial stop consonants.
In P. McCormack & A. Russel (Eds.), Proceedings of the Sixth Australian
International Conference on Speech Science and Technology, pp. 561-566.
Canberra: The Australian Speech Science and Technology Association.

Löfqvist, A. & Gracco, V.L. (1997). Lip and jaw kinematics in bilabial stop
consonant production. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 40, 877-893.

Löfqvist, A. (1997). Theories and models of speech production. In W. Hardcastle
and J. Laver (Eds.), The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences, (pp. 404-426).
Oxford: Blackwell.