Lin 3201 Sounds of Human Language

Lin 3201 Sounds of Human LanguageSummer C 2008Instructor: Divya V. Gogoi

SmalleysTo access smalley exercises online :

http://www.clas.ufl.edu/llc/audio.htm

Speech is an essential aspect of communication.

its over use may result in this!!!How is sound represented?Articulatorily what happens in mouth when a particular sound is produced?

Acoustically how is sound observed as a waveform? Transcription

1.2.Articulatory phonetics

Acoustics

Prosodics

Phonemics

Questions addressed in this class-What does it mean to know a language?Sounds that we use Patterns of sounds stFtbv

How do languages differ?Different sound systems

- stop, fast- raft- Not a pattern in EnglishWhy should we talk about Phonetics?For fieldworkTeach a second languageLearn a new languageTrained earCommunication disordersPronunciation correction for language learners / actorsForensic analysis Fields of PhoneticsArticulatory PhoneticsPhysical properties of sound how sounds are produced in the vocal tract

Acoustic PhoneticsSound as a wave air compression and disturbance as sounds are released

Auditory PhoneticsInterpretation and reception of speech sounds

[s][x]Anatomy