Phonetics: Sound Principles Chapter 2

Phonetics Defined The branch of linguistics that studies the inventory and structure of the sounds of speech

Audio Ambiguity I scream Grade A It’s hard to recognize speech The sun’s raise meet Others? 233

Identical, but distinct Boiling Springs It’s all gone Others? 233

Phonetic Disciplines Acoustic Phonetics Auditory Phonetics Articulatory Phonetics **** 235

Speech vs. Orthography Did he believe Caesar could see the people seize the seas? You Tell Me: The silly amoeba stole the key to the machine 236

IPA Familiarize yourself Using these charts be able to: See http:\\ Charts inside the front cover of textbook Using these charts be able to: Produce each sound Identify sounds from description Provide description of sounds Transcribe words See http:\\

Representing Sounds Transcription Segments Syllables Features

Consonants Places of Articulation Manners of Articulation Glides/Semi-vowels

Places of Articulation Illustration on page 22 Be ready to label parts, given the picture

Vowels Tongue Lips Nasalization Tense & Lax // Rounded & Spread Diphthongs

Suprasegmentals (prosodic features) Length Pitch Loudness Stress Tone

Kinds of Sound Change Assimilation Dissimilation Elision // Deletion Nasalization Voicing Flapping Dissimilation Elision // Deletion Epenthesis // Intrusion Metathesis Vowel Reduction The book does a great job of discussing the kinds of sound change. Look at these sections in the text again and try to guess at one or more examples where these types of changes have taken place in English. Bring your findings to Chat or Discussion. One additional note… The first four types of change listed here fall under the “ease of articulation” category which is one cause for sound change as we will see on the next slide.

Do it together Exercise 11 Page 53-54

For “tomorrow” TPQ over Chpts 1 & 2 Suggested Exercises Read Chapter 3 1: find 2 each 2 – 9 All 10 – Every other one 11 – All 12 – Every other one 14 – 15 – Every other one Read Chapter 3