LING 220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Articulatory Phonetics, Mouth, Pharynx
16 Aug 2020
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Phonetics: study of language by examining the inventory and structure of the sounds of speech. Human language has 600 consonants, 200 vowels. Measuring/analyzing physical properties of sound waves we produce when we speak. Phones (aka speech sounds): any distinct speech sound, regardless of word meaning. Phoneme: speech sound that, if switched with another phoneme, would mean change in word meaning. Each sound of human speech with a single symbol, [ ] means transcription is phonetic. Will not use north american symbols, except common ones. Segments produced via coordinating # individual articulatory gestures (jaw movement, lip shape, and tongue placement) Slips of the tongue provide evidence that segments exist due to their shifting/reversing position within/across words segments are individual units of ling structure. During utterance, steady level of air pressure is needed. Main portion formed by thyroid cartilage, which rests on cricoid cartilage. Inner vocal folds attached to vocal ligaments (arytenoids)
