LIN 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Articulatory Phonetics, Acoustic Phonetics, English Phonology
27 Sep 2017
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Phonetics: the study of sounds of human language. Articulatory phonetics: focuses on the human vocal apparatus and describes sounds in terms of their articulation in the vocal tract. Acoustic phonetics: uses the tools of physics to study the nature of sound waves produced in human language. See, senile, sea, seize, scenic, siege, ceiling, cedar, juicy, glossy, sexy. C= (k) in the word car" / c= (s) in the word pace". H= pronounced in him" but not the word herb. They gained little support because they were too radical or lacked understanding of english phonology. Noah webster and his dictionary rocked the english speaking world. That"s how american english became different than british english in words like color" and center". International convention for the amendment of english orthography held in. Tried to make live" into liv" and guard" into gard". Published a list of 300 words to be reformed, though mould" became.
