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; And dead: its said like bed, not bead;
English Language as a Non-Phonetic Language

For goodness sake, dont 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

2 3

5 6 7

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 Labiodental Dental Alveolar PalatoAlveolar Palatal Velar

Nasal

m p b f v

n t d s z r l t d
Voiceless
Voiced

k g

Manner of Articulation

Plosive

Fricative

h* w

Approximant

Lateral

Affricate

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

Appreciating English Consonants: Place & Manner of Articulations

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

Exercise: Properties of Consonant Sounds

Places of Articulation
Bilabial 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.

Labio-dental
Dental

Alveolar
Post- Alveolar Palatal Velar Labio-Velar

Appreciating English Consonants: Place & Manner of Articulations

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

Exercise: Properties of Consonant Sounds

Manner of Articulation
Stop (plosive) Nasal Fricative Affricate Approximant Lateral Complete closure of vocal tract. Air is blocked from going out . Closure of vocal tract making air coming out through the nose. Constriction of vocal tract so that a kind of noise is formed. A complete closure of vocal tract followed by a fricative manner made at the same place of articulation.

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
LOW

MID

FRONT

Horizontal Movement
BACK

CENTRAL

ROUNDED

Lip Rounding

NEUTRAL

UNROUNDED /SPREAD

Vocal Folds: Voiced

Voiceless

Voiced

Exercise: English Vowels

Charting English Vowels

FRONT

Horizontal Movement
CENTRAL BACK

HIGH

e
MID

Symbols
Short Long MID/HIGH

Spanish Vowels

Vertical Movement

MID/LOW

Lip Rounding ROUNDED NEUTRAL UNROUNDED / SPREAD LOW

Exercise: From Transcriptions to Linguistic Units

From Transcriptions to Linguistic Units

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

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

And well 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:

sritbj bt wtsjneim manemzfredi njz manemznkls

B:

A:

B:

tsnaistmt
dmmenn t twzmapl

A:

Articulatory Quiz: Vowels & Consonants Features

Articulatory Quiz (1): Vowels and Consonants Features

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.

/b/ //
/j/

1 2 3

// //
/ /

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2

1 2

Articulatory Quiz: Vowels & Consonants Features

Articulatory Quiz (2): Vowels and Consonants Features

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.

/w/ /n/
/t/

1 2 3

/e/ //
//

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2

1 2

Articulatory Quiz: Vowels & Consonants Features

Articulatory Quiz (3): Vowels and Consonants Features

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.

/r/ /d/
/ /

1 2 3

// / /
//

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2

1 2

Articulatory Quiz: Vowels & Consonants Features

Articulatory Quiz (4): Vowels and Consonants Features

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.

/v/ /s/
//

1 2 3

// //
//

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2

1 2

Articulatory Quiz: Vowels & Consonants Features

Articulatory Quiz (5): Vowels and Consonants Features

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.

/m / /k/
/h/

1 2 3

/g/ /l/
/z/

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2

1 2

Articulatory Quiz: Vowels & Consonants Features

Articulatory Quiz (5): Vowels and Consonants Features

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.

/f/ /p /
//

1 2 3

// /w/
/j/

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2

1 2

Exercise: Articulatory Quiz: V & C

Articulatory Quiz: Recognizing Vowels & Consonants Distinctive Features

Coarticulation, explanation

Speech Chain and Coarticulation: What Happens in Reality