Lesson 4

Lesson 4

/breik/

/frɪːk/

/səu/
/fjʊː/

/hoːs/
​/wəːs/

/biəd/

/həːd/

/coːd/

/wəːd/

/kʌu/
​/loʊ/
/šuː/

/foʊ/
/həʊs/

/dəʊz/
/luːs/

/gʊːs/

/tʃuːs/

/kɒm/

​/tuːmb/

/bom/

/dol/

/roʊl/​
/hoʊm/

/sam/

​/pei/

/sei/

/peid/

/sæd/

/blɑd/

/fʊd/

​/guːd/

/moʊld/

/kud/

/dan/

/gon/

/ləun/

​Can you find any mistakes?

Draw

Transcribe <sew>

​​/səʊ/

Multiple Choice

Is /oi/ an English diphtong?

• Yes

• No

​/ɔɪ/

Draw

Transcribe <beard>

​/bɪəd/

​thyroid cartilage

​glottis

​larynx

​alveolar ridge

​diaphragm

​velum

Acoustics

What is sound? How do we make it?

duration VS intensity VS frequency

duration

duration

​PRAAT

​<she's a teacher>

VOWELS X CONSONANTS

• What happens in your vocal tract if you produce VOWELS / CONSONANTS?

• What kind of vowels do we distinguish?

• What's the vowel quadrilateral?

• What's the difference between monophthongs, diphthongs, and triphthongs?

The vowel quadrilateral
placed in the oral cavity

ə(non-final)

English vowel inventory

ə(final)

FRONT CENTRAL BACK

CLOSE (HIGH)

HALF-CLOSE

HALF-OPEN

OPEN (LOW)

iː

ɪ

uː

ʊ

ɑː

æ

ɔː

e

ɒ

ɜː

ɛː formerly eə

Ʌ

a

close (high)

open (low)

back

front

Open Ended

What are the four extreme tongue positions?