MSE 2701: Sounds of Human Language. Intro to Phonetics and Phonetic Transcription

MSE 2701: Sounds of Human Language Intro to Phonetics and Phonetic Transcription

Outline for today What is phonetics? What are phonemes? Articulators and distinctive features International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) IPA Transcription

Before we begin... Letters and sounds are not same thing! Some letters represent more than one sound recall vs. receive gear vs. siege Some letters represent no sound at all receive, use Sometimes, two lettesr represent one sound recall, phonetics The same sound can be represented by different letters shy, mission, machine, special, caution

Phonetics What is phonetics? Study of sounds used to produce and perceive speech Three branches: Articulatory phonetics: study of speech sound production Acoustic phonetics: study of acoustic properties of speech Auditory phonetics: study of speech sound perception

Phonemes Phonemes: Minimal distinctions in spoken language that cause differences in meaning Distinct from letters in written language Described in terms of how y are produced (articulated) Phonemes are defined by minimal pairs words that differ in only one phoneme Examples of English minimal pairs: beach vs. peach dart vs. tart beetle vs. beagle ors...?

Phonemes Two basic types of phonemes common in many languages: Consonants Created by obstructing airflow in vocal tract Examples: /b/ /t/ /s/ /n/ Vowels Little to no obstruction of airflow Examples: /i/ /e/ /u/ /oʊ/

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Distinctive Features Consonants Consonants Created by obstructing airflow in vocal tract Described by three distinctive features Place of articulation Manner of articulation Voicing

Place of Articulation (or just "Place") Figure 1.4 Places of articulation: 1 Bilabial; 2 Labiodental; 3 ~ental,; 4 Alveolar; 5 Retroflex; 6 Palato-Alveolar; 7 Palatal; 8 Velar. Figure 1.1 The vocal tract.

Manner of Articulation (or just "Manner") Figure 1.5 The positions of vocal organs in bilabial stop in "buy." Figure 1.6 The position of vocal organs during bilabial nasal stop in "my."

Distinctive Features Vowels Vowels Little to no obstruction of airflow Described by three distinctive features Height Backness Rounding

Vowel Height and Backness front back high I mid low Figure 1.9 The relativepositions of highestpoinrs of tongue in vowels in I heed, 2 hid, 3 head, 4 had, 5 far, 6 good, 7 food. Figure 1.8 The positions of vocal organs for vowels in words I heed, 2 hid, 3 head, 4 had, 5 far, 6 good, 7 food. The lip positions for vowels 2,3, and 4 are in between those shown for I and 5. The lip position for vowel 6 is between those shown for I and 7.

Outline for today What is phonetics? What are phonemes? Articulators and distinctive features International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) IPA Transcription

IPA Examples for English

Outline for today What is phonetics? What are phonemes? Articulators and distinctive features International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) IPA Transcription

IPA Transcription Practice Write se words in IPA: RING ACCENT JUDGE CHURCH TENTH PEELS Write se words in English: /b i t / /k I k/ /j s / /f I / /w ei t/