CSD 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Vocal Folds, International Phonetic Alphabet, Vocal Tract
5 Oct 2017
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Communication: an exchange of meaning between a sender and a receiver. Language: a socially shared code or conventional system for representing concepts through the use of arbitrary symbols and rule-governed combinations of those sy(cid:373)(cid:271)ols (does(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e to (cid:271)e spoken); the form, the content and the use. Speech: the oral expression of language, mechanical aspects of planning and producing sounds for language; represents the language, this is the proper language that we are going to use. A speech sound that causes a change in meaning. An alphabet with special symbols used to represent the sounds of speech. Many write letters correspond to more than one speech sound. Vowels and consonants differ in their basic manner of production. Consonants: produced with a significant blockage or narrowing in the vocal tract, manner of articulation: different ways of block airflow to produce different sounds. Place of articulation: producing blockages at different places in the oral cavity. Labiodental: upper teeth in contact with lower lip.
