LING 080 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Articulatory Phonetics, Acoustic Phonetics, Vocal Folds

• School: University of Vermont
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: LING 080
• Professor: Tony Cook

Document Summary

1. phonetic transcription: international phonetic alphabet (ipa) - attempts to represent every speech sound. 1. 1 units of representation: segments - individual phones, ex: [p], [s], [m]. Produced by coordination a number gestures (jaw movement, lip shape, etc. ). Made up of smaller subunits (features: syllable - also used to represent sections of words. 3. sound classes: sound classes - vowels and consonants, voiced and voiceless, glides, etc. 4. consonant articulation: airflow is modified w/ different positions of the tongue and lips at places/points of a. 4. 2 places of articulation: labial - made w/ closure or near-closure of the lips. Labiodentals - lower lip and upper teeth: dental - tongue placed near or against the teeth. 5. manners of articulation: manners of articulation - different positions of the lips, tongue, velum and glottis to. 5. 1 oral vs. nasal phones: oral sounds - velum raised, cutting off airflow thru the nasal passages, nasal sounds - velum lowered to allow air to pass thru.