Sessions 3 & 4 phonetics

Watch, read, and comment on the impact of tech on phonetics studies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYnPA7IXFIU

(this link takes you to another cool video, which shows configs of vocal folds at various pitches)

"X-ray filming is even today effectively the only imaging technique that allows all the most important speech articulators (jaw, tongue, lips, soft palate, larynx) to be captured in a single view at a framerate that is reasonably adequate for speech. However, in most countries it is no longer considered ethically acceptable to make cineradiographic recordings of speech with healthy subjects, unless there is some clear clinical indication for the recordings. Thus existing x-ray films form an irreplaceable source of information on speech."

Which part of the vocal tract is primarily responsible for producing nasal sounds?

• Teeth

• Tongue

• Velum

• Pharynx

Check out this interesting video on vowels and take at least 3 key notes on the key vowel properties discussed.

Which vowel sound is produced with the highest point of the tongue closest to the palate?

• /e/

• /i/

• /ɔ/

• /a/

Match these letter-like vowel sounds with their corresponding descriptions.

• Close-mid front unrounded

• [o]

• Open back unrounded

• [u]

• Close-mid back rounded

• [y]

• Close front rounded

• [a]

• Close back rounded

• [e]

What's this sound?

What's this sound?

Group accordingly

Groups:

(a) rounded vowels

,

(b) unrounded vowels

,

(c) not a vowel!

• ø

• ʏ

• ʌ

• ɔ̃

• æ

• w

• ɪ

• ɣ

• j

• ɨ

• ɤ

• ʋ

• œ

• ɛ

• ɵ

• θ

• ʒ

• ɒ

Check out this interesting video on consonants and take at least 3 key notes on the key vowel properties discussed.

The sound represented by "th" in "think" is a (a)   fricative, while in "they" a ​ (b)   one.

• voiceless
• voiced
• voicing
• unvoiced
• voiceful
• devoiced
• voiceness
• voice
• revoiced
• invoiced