LIN100Y1 Chapter Notes -Articulatory Phonetics, Auditory Phonetics, Vocal Folds
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Mouth moves in the right way, lungs exhale air, and sounds are made: acoustic signal. Those sounds travel through the air to the receiver (ears: speech comprehension. The interpretation is matched to information stored in the brain. Looks at how phones (sounds) are produced. Ipa international phonetic alphabet: no language has 1-1 orthography for sounds. Ipa allows us to determine a sound regardless of language. It is a standardized system for linguistic analysists http://www. langsci. ucl. ac. uk/ipa/ipachart. html. Provide air: larynx & vocal folds. Are far apart and do not vibrate for voiceless sounds. Murmur/breathy voiced: vocal folds loosely (and slowly) vibrating; glottis not fully closed. Whisper: front portions of the vocal folds are pulled close together, vocal tract. Nasal cavity: occurs when the velum is lowered, air passes through nose, not mouth. Filter the sound to create different sounds. Segments and sound classes: segments: individual phones. Ie. welcome mat melcome wat: especially in children and tongue twisters.
