LIN203H1 Study Guide - Fall 2017 Final Notes - Approximant consonant, International Phonetic Alphabet, Vocal folds
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Phonetics: an are of linguistics focused on the production of sound across languages. International phonetic alphabet (ipa): a system of symbols for specific sounds. Can be used to transcribe a wide range of natural languages. English alphabet is not a reliable guide to pronunciation. A system where each symbol has only one pronunciation, and each distinct pronunciation has only one symbol. Precise system of representation for all the sounds of the world"s spoken language and represent over 800 speech sound. Very few languages have an orthography with one-to one-correspondences between sounds and symbols. The letter of the english alphabet can have many pronunciations. Vocal folds(vocal cords): the vocal folds are located within the larynx at the top of the trachea. All the sound in english are made thorough air being forced out of the lungs, then sent between the vocal folds. The airflow can be shaped, interrupted, or stopped. The airflow is filtered and manipulated into sounds.
