ARTICULATORY PHONETICS

The production of speech sounds

The Primate origins of human vocalization

Design Features of Human Language

Feature Human Language Primate Calls   Role of learning Heavy, essential Light, non-essential   Number of calls Open Closed   Intentionality Heavy Questionable   Emotivity Low High   Role of genes Only in capacity Messages

programmed   Immediacy Often (or usually) displaced Generally

required   Structure of signals Hierarchically organizedNo internal

organization.

Three required physical devices

The brain endows us with the capacity for language

The ear receives sounds

The articulatory apparatus produces sounds

Evolution of human cerebral capacity(Note: habilis is now called Homo)

Human brain

Human articulatory apparatus

English consonant chart

English vowel chart

Mandarin consonants

Mandarin vowels