Phonetics is the study of speech sounds. a) how they’re produced (articulatory phonetics) b) their physical characteristics (acoustic phonetics) Phonetics is the study of speech sounds. a) how they’re produced (articulatory phonetics) b) their physical characteristics (acoustic phonetics) and c) how they’re perceived (auditory phonetics).
Introduction to Phonetics & Phonology NGUYEN VAN TIEN- CHAN Structure of the module One hour lecture per week One hour seminar per week (compulsory) End-of-semester two-hour exam in January What is phonetics? What is phonetics? Phonetics is the study of speech sounds. What is phonetics? Phonetics is the study of speech sounds. a) how they’re produced (articulatory phonetics) What is phonetics? Phonetics is the study of speech sounds. a) how they’re produced (articulatory phonetics) b) their physical characteristics (acoustic phonetics) What is phonetics? Phonetics is the study of speech sounds. a) how they’re produced (articulatory phonetics) b) their physical characteristics (acoustic phonetics) and c) how they’re perceived (auditory phonetics). What is phonetics? In this module we’ll concentrate on: a) how they’re produced (articulatory phonetics) Sound/symbol correspondence Sound/symbol correspondence The need for a transcription system [...]... chemistry thistle loch thong Sound/symbol correspondence The need for a transcription system Consider written English enough through thorough thought bough think church those chemistry thistle loch thong Cheryl International Phonetic Alphabet IPA Devised in the 19th Century to help describe the sounds of languages independently of a language’s orthography (= writing system) Under continuous revision... Bolton i[ŋ] Carlisle Trust your ears, not your years of education!! Transcription – the art of reducing speech to writing Remember: a word in isolation may be spoken differently to a word in connected speech to = [tu:] give it to him = [gɪv ɪt tə ɪm] Transcription – the art of reducing speech to writing Remember: a word in isolation may be spoken differently to a word in connected speech compare... revision was in 1993 Sound/symbol correspondence enough through thorough thought bough [ʌf] [u:] [ə] [ɔ:] [aʊ] think [θ] church [tʃ] those [ð] chemistry [k] thistle [θ] loch [x] thong [θ] Cheryl [ʃ] Transcription – the art of reducing speech to writing Don’t be influenced by English spelling!! Transcribe what is, not what ‘ought’ to be For instance, speech sounds can influence neighbouring sounds: ... English enough through thorough thought bough think church those thistle thong Sound/symbol correspondence The need for a transcription system Consider written English enough through thorough thought bough think church those chemistry thistle thong Sound/symbol correspondence The need for a transcription system Consider written English enough through thorough thought bough think church those chemistry...Sound/symbol correspondence The need for a transcription system Consider written English Sound/symbol correspondence The need for a transcription system Consider written English enough Sound/symbol correspondence The need for a transcription system Consider written English enough through Sound/symbol correspondence The need for a transcription system Consider written English enough through thorough... written English enough through thorough thought bough think those Sound/symbol correspondence The need for a transcription system Consider written English enough through thorough thought bough think those thistle Sound/symbol correspondence The need for a transcription system Consider written English enough through thorough thought bough think those thistle thong Sound/symbol correspondence The need for... correspondence The need for a transcription system Consider written English enough through thorough thought Sound/symbol correspondence The need for a transcription system Consider written English enough through thorough thought bough Sound/symbol correspondence The need for a transcription system Consider written English enough through thorough thought bough think Sound/symbol correspondence The need for... [tu:] give it to him = [gɪv ɪt tə ɪm] International Phonetic Alphabet IPA Nota bene! The current IPA chart appears in Davenport & Hannahs (2005:xvi) Seminars Will begin next week, not this week Next week’s seminar exercises will be: Exx 1- 5, in Davenport & Hannahs, Ch 2, p.17 In the meantime, read Chapters 1 & 2 of Davenport & Hannahs . January What is phonetics? What is phonetics? Phonetics is the study of speech sounds. What is phonetics? Phonetics is the study of speech sounds. a) how they’re produced (articulatory phonetics) What. is phonetics? Phonetics is the study of speech sounds. a) how they’re produced (articulatory phonetics) b) their physical characteristics (acoustic phonetics) What is phonetics? Phonetics. they’re produced (articulatory phonetics) b) their physical characteristics (acoustic phonetics) and c) how they’re perceived (auditory phonetics) . What is phonetics? In this module we’ll