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In this study, two different technologies were used to explore the internal and external movements of speech production in eight speakers: palatometry quantified tongue contact patterns and computerized video image analysis was used to derive lip shape parameters. Results showed that the lip measures used here cannot predict the identity of phonemes in all speakers as well as the tongue contact patterns can. Results also indicated that the data from lip measures were strongly influenced by who the speaker was, whereas the palatometric data were not. These results suggest that more variation exists in lip shape than in tongue contact patterns during speech production. 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Results showed that the lip measures used here cannot predict the identity of phonemes in all speakers as well as the tongue contact patterns can. Results also indicated that the data from lip measures were strongly influenced by who the speaker was, whereas the palatometric data were not. These results suggest that more variation exists in lip shape than in tongue contact patterns during speech production. 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