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Useful Links for Phonetics Purposes

Useful Links for Phonetics Purposes

Typing IPA fonts http://ipa.typeit.org/

Articulatory Review http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics

Exercise: Sound and Spelling

Beware of heard, a dreadful word That looks like beard and sounds like bird; English Language as a Non-Phonetic Language

And dead: it’s said like bed, not bead; For goodness sake, don’t call it deed! Watch out for mean and great and threat. (They rhyme with suite and straight and debt.) A moth is not moth in mother, Nor bth in bother, broth in brother….

Exercise: IPA Chart, Summary

IPA Chart (Summary)

Click in here for an Articulatory Review http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics

Exercise: Vocal Organs

Vocal Organs, Review

1

2 3

4

5 6 7

8

9

10

11

12

13 A

B

C

D

E

Exercise: Vowels and Consonants

Vowels & Consonants, Review

The United States started with 13 small states. Now there are 50 states spread from east to west.

Mother washed, cooked, and cleaned. After she finished, she rested.

Exercise: English Consonants

Charting English Consonants

Place of Articulation Bilabial

Manner of Articulation

Nasal

Plosive

Fricative

Labiodental

Dental

Alveolar

PalatoAlveolar

Velar

Palatal

m

n

ŋ

p b

t d

k g

f v

θ ð

s z

Approximant

r

Lateral

l

ʃ ʒ

h* j

w

tʃ dʒ

Affricate

Voiceless

Voiced

*This speech sound has no specific place of articulation. To avoid confusion and to facilitate comprehension, this sound’s properties: fricative – velar (glottal) – voiceless.

Appreciating English Consonants: Place & Manner of Articulations

Exercise: Properties of Consonant Sounds

Ladefoged, P. (2005). Vowels and Consonants: An Introduction to the Sounds of Languages. UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, pp, 115-17

Places of Articulation Bilabial

Labio-dental Dental

Alveolar Post- Alveolar Palatal Velar Labio-Velar

Upper and Lower lips come together. Lower lip approximating Upper teeth. Tip of Tongue near Upper teeth. Tip of the tongue touching /near Alveolar Ridge. Tip or Blade of tongue near the forward part of the Hard Palate, behind Alveolar Ridge. (Palato-Alveolar) Front of tongue near Hard Palate. Back of tongue touching Soft Palate (Velum). Two lips approaching one another, and Back of tongue raised toward Soft Palate.

Appreciating English Consonants: Place & Manner of Articulations

Exercise: Properties of Consonant Sounds

Ladefoged, P. (2005). Vowels and Consonants: An Introduction to the Sounds of Languages. UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, pp, 115-17

Manner of Articulation Stop (plosive)

Complete closure of vocal tract. Air is blocked from going out .

Nasal

Closure of vocal tract making air coming out through the nose.

Fricative

Constriction of vocal tract so that a kind of noise is formed.

Affricate

A complete closure of vocal tract followed by a fricative manner made at the same place of articulation.

Approximant Lateral

Tip or Blade of tongue near the forward part of the Hard Palate, behind Alveolar Ridge. (Palato-Alveolar) Tongue touching roof of mouth without contacting teeth at the sides.

Exercise: English Vowels

Charting English Vowels HIGH

Vertical Movement

MID LOW

FRONT CENTRAL

Horizontal Movement BACK

ROUNDED

Lip Rounding

NEUTRAL

UNROUNDED /SPREAD

Vocal Folds: Voiced

Voiceless

Voiced

Exercise: English Vowels

Horizontal Movement

Charting English Vowels

CENTRAL

FRONT

uː

ɪː

HIGH

Symbols

Long

Spanish Vowels

Vertical Movement

Short

ʊ

ɪ

MID/HIGH

e

ɜː

MID

ə MID/LOW

æ Lip Rounding ROUNDED

NEUTRAL

BACK

UNROUNDED / SPREAD

LOW

ʌ

ɔː ɒ ɑː

Exercise: From Transcriptions to Linguistic Units

From Transcriptions to Linguistic Units

Why do you want to leave so early? I’d have thought that we could get there on time

If we left about half past ten. If we leave at 9, we’ll arrive far too early,

And we’ll have to stand around in the cold, waiting for the others to show up.

Exercise: Putting Vowels and Consonants All Together: Coarticulation

Putting Vowels & Consonants Together: The Phenomenon of Coarticulation

A:

B:

A:

B:

A:

ǀ ˈsɒritəˈbʌðəjʊ ǀ ˈbʌt ǀ ˈwɒtsjəˈneim ǀ ǀ ˈmaɪneɪmzˈfredi ǀ ənˈjʊəz ǀ ǀ maɪneɪmzˈnɪːkləs ǀ

ǀ ɪtsˈnaistəˈmɪːtʃə ǀ ǀ ˈdəʊmˈmenʃ̩n ̩ ̩ɪt ǀ ɪtwəzmaɪˈplɜːʒə ǀ

Articulatory Quiz: Vowels & Consonants Features

Articulatory Quiz (1): Vowels and Consonants Features

/b/ /ʒ/ /j/

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2

3

Look at the IPA symbols corresponding to speech sounds and determine the distinctive features they exhibit. You may not use a formal chart, but be warned to use your own articulatory awareness to identify such features.

/ʌ/ /ɒ/ /ə/

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2

3

Articulatory Quiz: Vowels & Consonants Features

Articulatory Quiz (2): Vowels and Consonants Features

/w/ /n/ /t/

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2

3

Look at the IPA symbols corresponding to speech sounds and determine the distinctive features they exhibit. You may not use a formal chart, but be warned to use your own articulatory awareness to identify such features.

/e/ /ʊ/ /ɪː/

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2

3

Articulatory Quiz: Vowels & Consonants Features

Articulatory Quiz (3): Vowels and Consonants Features

/r/ /d/ /ð /

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2

3

Look at the IPA symbols corresponding to speech sounds and determine the distinctive features they exhibit. You may not use a formal chart, but be warned to use your own articulatory awareness to identify such features.

/ɜː/ /æ / /ɔː/

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2

3

Articulatory Quiz: Vowels & Consonants Features

Articulatory Quiz (4): Vowels and Consonants Features

/v/ /s/ /θ/

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2

3

Look at the IPA symbols corresponding to speech sounds and determine the distinctive features they exhibit. You may not use a formal chart, but be warned to use your own articulatory awareness to identify such features.

/ɪ/ /ɑː/ /ʊː/

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2

3

Articulatory Quiz: Vowels & Consonants Features

Articulatory Quiz (5): Vowels and Consonants Features

/m / /k/ /h/

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2

3

Look at the IPA symbols corresponding to speech sounds and determine the distinctive features they exhibit. You may not use a formal chart, but be warned to use your own articulatory awareness to identify such features.

/g/ /l/ /z/

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2

3

Articulatory Quiz: Vowels & Consonants Features

Articulatory Quiz (5): Vowels and Consonants Features

/f/ /p / /ʤ/

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2

3

Look at the IPA symbols corresponding to speech sounds and determine the distinctive features they exhibit. You may not use a formal chart, but be warned to use your own articulatory awareness to identify such features.

/ʧ/ /w/ /j/

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2

3

Exercise: Articulatory Quiz: V & C

Articulatory Quiz: Recognizing Vowels & Consonants Distinctive Features

Coarticulation, explanation

Speech Chain and Coarticulation: What Happens in Reality