ALDS 2604 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gyroscope, Lateral Sulcus, Incus

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies
• Course: ALDS 2604
• Professor: Jacquie Ballantine

Document Summary

Alds 2604 lecture 2: structure of the larynx, most complex and intricate structure in the body, cartilages (3 + 1, thyroid (shield, thyroid cartilage does not connect all the way around. If one half of nerve became paralyzed, if vocal cords remain. Intrinsic muscles bring vocal cords together before they start vibrating. Bernoulli effect gets them together because of change in pressure and start vibrating: science theatre video. If blow air on top side of paper, paper rise because of different pressure underneath. Children have 250-260hz base frequency because of smaller vocal cords. Have to drink even more water: resonance, fundamental frequency/harmonics. Larynx: resonance/formants, pharynx, oral cavity, nasal cavity, velum close off against back (cid:449)all of phar(cid:455)(cid:374)(cid:454) so spee(cid:272)h is(cid:374)"t (cid:374)asall(cid:455) Velum: aphonic means no voice, articulators, tongue is most important, teeth not very important. Can still talk with dentures: lips very important for vowels, muscles of tongue, glossus means tongue.