LINB09H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Vocal Tract, Phonetics, Laminal Consonant
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There are 3 branches of phonetics: articulatory, acoustic, and auditory. Vocal tract: composed of the throat, mouth and nasal cavity. We tend to inhale quickly, and exhale more slowly. Trachea (windpipe): connects larynx + lungs through left and right bronchus. (bronchi plural) Glottal stop occurs when mouth is open and vocal folds are closed. Pharynx (throat): divides into oral, nasal and laryngeal pharynx. Tip/apex: sounds made here are apical: apico-dentals: tip articulates with upper teeth: ex. Thin, then: apico-alveolars: tip articulates with alveolar ridge: ex. Blade/lamina: sounds made here are laminal: usually postalveolars: ex. Front: sounds made here are called palatal: articulates against the palate ex. Tongue: divided into 5 parts: articulates against the velum to create dorso-velar sounds. Ex. final phoneme in tick, dog, sang". Root: rear vertical surface of tongue facing pharyngeal wall. Nasal: secondary resonating chamber (if velum is lowered) Note the difference in pronunciation between un" (lowered velum) in french, and eux" (raised velum).
