Describing the sounds of language

• articulatory phonetics

• auditory phonetics

• acoustic phonetics

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Describing the sounds of language

• articulatory phonetics

• auditory phonetics

• acoustic phonetics

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• articulatory phonetics

(O'Grady et. al p.21)

Speech organs

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The Talking White Male Head

(Ladefoged p.2)4

(Roach p.8) 5

• consonants• vowels

• articulatory phonetics

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Vowel space

• Say “eee”

• Say “aaah”

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Daniel Jones, 1918, An Outline of English PhoneticsFrontispiece from the 9th edition, 1972

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Vowel space

• Say “eee”

• Say “ooooo”

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high (close)

front back

low (open)

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close

front back

open 21

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