LIN101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Phonetics, Voiced Labiodental Fricative, Audiology
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In english: the same symbol (letter) can represent different sounds, city vs. cat, the same sound can be represented by different symbols (letters, city vs. sin. How are speech sounds produced: move tongue and lips, change shape of vocal tract, different sounds, vowels- unobstructed airstream, consonants- articulators approach each other, create constrictions. Describing consonants: place of articulation, manner of articulation, voicing. Places of articulation in english: bilabial, labiodental, interdental, alveolar, alveopalatal, palatal, velar, glottal. Bilabial: putting your lips together, mmmm, pppp. Labiodental: lower lip against the upper teeth, ffffffff. Alveolar: constriction at alveolar ridge, tttt, nnnn, ssss. Alveopalatal: between alveolar ridge and palette, shhhhh. Palatal: only one english sound (on/near palette, yuh. Velar: base of tongue hits farther back in your mouth, guh, cuh. Glottal: restriction at the glottis (space between vocal folds, uh oh. [l] alveolar lateral liquid (long, ball: air flowing out the sides. [w] (labio)velar glide (wide: technically restriction of the lips too.
