LING 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Affricate Consonant, Articulatory Phonetics, Vocal Folds
4 Oct 2016
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3 areas of phonetics: articulatory phonetics (speech production, acoustic phonetics (sound of speech, auditory phonetics (perception of speech sounds) English spelling does not represent sounds (use ipa- international phonetic alphabet) No two sounds are exactly alike, but there is a finite amount of letters in alphabet. You can smoothly go between some vowel sounds. Vocal folds: pieces of tissue that can be brought closer together or farther apart. Velum/soft palate: door" that open or closes nasal cavity (lower=open, raised=closed) In voiceless sounds- vocal folds spread and let air pass through. Oral sounds- closed nasal cavity (feel vibration in adam"s apple- vibrate is voiced, voiceless no vibrate) Where in vocal tract two articulators connect. Bilabial: speech sounds made with both lips (p, b, m) Alveolar: tongue and alveolar ridge (t, d, n, s, z) *for s and z points toward it not quite touching. Post-alveolar: tongue just in front of hard palate ( , , t , d .
