01:615:371 Lecture Notes - Traffic Congestion, English Orthography, Vocal Folds

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: 01:615:371
• Professor: Karin Stromswold

Document Summary

When a sound is made air is passing through the lungs and consonantal sounds are defined by the constriction somewhere in the tube which affects the shape of the sound waves, which leads to our perception of different sounds. Think of the further to the left you are on the poa chart, are the ones which are closest to the front or bilabial (pa,ba, and ma). In addition, our chart in the fernandez and cairns paper, they have added the sound wa. This is where the most constriction is; this is no the ipa chart!!! The next category are the labialdentals which involve the bottom lip and the teeth. The next category is the dentals the phonemes in grey are the unvoiced and the ones not in grey are voiced (double check that statement). Th the alveolar ridge; this is where the air becomes turbulent and the sounds are constricted. R"s and l"s as in river and liver which.