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Page 1: Introduction to Linguistics - LANE 321

Copyright © 2014 Haifa Alroqi Content adapted from Yule (2010)

Chapter 3: The sounds of language

Introduction to Linguistics - LANE 321

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We have a new seagh!!!

Introduction

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Introduction

• They have a new seagh

• Would you understand this?

• seagh chef

• How did he come up with this spelling?

• Take the 1st sound of the word ‘sure’,

• the middle sound of the word ‘dead’,

• and the final sound of the word ‘laugh’

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Phonetics

Remember:

Sounds of Spoken English Letters of Written English

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Phonetics

• Remember: the sounds of spoken English do not necessarily match up with letters of written English.

• How to solve this?

• One solution is to produce a separate alphabet with symbols that represent sounds.

• The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

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Phonetics

• Knowledge of a language includes:

• knowledge of sounds

• how they are combined to form meaningful units

• Some sounds are found in one language but not another.

• All the sounds in the world constitute a limited set of the

sounds that the human vocal tract can produce.

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What is phonetics?

Phonetics: the general study of the characteristics of speech sounds

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Main areas of phonetics

Phonetics

Articulatory Phonetics Acoustic Phonetics Auditory Phonetics

the study of how speech sounds are made, or

articulated

deals with the physical properties of speech as sound waves in the air

the perception, via the ear, of speech sounds

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Consonants & Vowels

Sounds

Consonants Vowels

obstruction of airflow free flow of air

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Consonants

Consonants are classified by answering three questions

1. Voicing

2. Place of articulation

3. Manner of articulation

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Voiced and voiceless sounds (+v & -v)

Air pushed lungs trachea larynx

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Voiced and voiceless sounds

• Vocal cords are spread apart air from lungs passes between them unimpeded (no vibration) (-v)

• Vocal cords are drawn together air from lungs repeatedly pushes them apart as it passes through (vibration) (+v)

• Try it!

• Z-Z-Z-Z-Z

• V-V-V-V

• S-S-S-S

• F-F-F-F

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Consonants Chart

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Places of articulation

• Bilabials [b],[p], [m], [w]

• Labiodentals [f], [v]

• Dentals [θ], [ð]

• Alveolars [t], [d], [s], [z], [n], [l], [r]

• Palatals [ʃ], [ʒ], [tʃ], [dʒ], [j]

• Velars [k], [g], [ŋ]

• Glottals [h]

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Bilabials• Sounds formed using both upper & lower lips.

• e.g.

• pat [p]

• bat [b]

• mat [m]

• way/ walk/ world [w]

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Labiodentals

• upper teeth + lower lip

• fat/ safe [f]

• vat/ save [v]

• Q: How about… cough and photo?

• A: Despite the spelling differences

• cough/ photo [f]

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Dentals

• By the tongue tip behind the upper front teeth

• e.g.

• thin/ bath/ three teeth [θ] (theta)

• the/ there/ then/ thus/ feather/ bathe [ð] (eth)

• Interdentals = tongue tip between upper & lower teeth

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Alveolars

• Front part of tongue on the alveolar ridge

• Alveolar ridge = the rough ridge immediately

behind & above the upper teeth.

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Alveolars

e.g.• top [t]• dip [d]• sit [s]• zoo [z]• nut [n]• lap/ lit [l]• right/ write [r]

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Alveolars

• bus [s]• buzz [z]

Q: How about ‘raise’?A: [z]OK.. How about..

• knot• not• [n]

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Palatals (Alveo-palatals)

• Tongue + palate

e.g. • shout [ʃ]

• child [tʃ]

• shoe-brush [ʃ]

• church [tʃ]

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Palatals (Alveo-palatals)

• [ʒ] – not very common in English • e.g.

• treasure/ pleasure/ rouge• [dʒ]• e.g.

• joke/ gem• George• judge

• [j]• you/ yet

Despite differences in spelling

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Velars• Back of the tongue + soft palate (velum)

• [k]

• kill/ kid

• cold/car

• cook/ kick/ coke

• [g]

• go/ gun/give

• bag/ mug

• plague

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Velars• The velum can be lowered to allow air to flow through the

nasal cavity.

• [ŋ] (angma)

• In written English this letter is normally spelled as ‘ng’

• e.g.• sing

• sang

• tongue

• ringing

• bang

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Glottals

• No active use of the tongue and other parts of the mouth.

• The glottis (space between vocal cords & larynx)

• The glottis is open

• [h]

• e.g.• have/ house

• who/ whose

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Consonants Chart

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Limitation of the chart

• Plz read pp. 30-31

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Homework: P. 37/ Q: 1, 2, &3

Thank you

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Recap

• What is phonetics?

• What are the main branches of phonetics?

• How can we classify sounds?

• How can we classify consonants?

• What are some of the places of articulation for the consonants of the English language?

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Recap

How they are articulated

Place of articulation Manner of articulation

Voicing Where they are articulated

Describing consonant sounds

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IPA

Manner of Articulation

Place of Articulation

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Manner of Articulation

• Stops [p], [b], [t], [d], [k], [g]

• Fricatives [f], [v], [θ], [ð] [s], [z], [ʃ], [ʒ], [h]

• Affricates [tʃ] & [dʒ]

• Nasals [m], [n], [ŋ]

• Liquids [l] & [r]

• Glides [w] & [j]

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Stops (Plosives)

• [p], [b], [t], [d], [k], [g]

• stopping the airstream (very briefly) letting it go abruptly

• Q: How can we fully describe the sound [t] in ten?

• V+ or –V

• Where? Place of Articulation?

• How? Manner of Articulation?

• A: [t] is a voiceless alveolar stop.

Manner of Articulation

Place of ArticulationV

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Fricatives• [f], [v], [θ], [ð] [s], [z], [ʃ], [ʒ], [h]

• Almost blocking the airstream and having the air pushed through a very narrow opening.

• As the air is pushed through, a type of friction is produced.

• e.g.

• Fish

• begins & ends with the voiceless fricative [f] & [ʃ]

• Those

• begins & ends with the voiced fricative [ð] & [z]

• Hi, Hello

• both begin with the voiceless fricative [h]

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Affricates

• [tʃ] & [dʒ]

• It is the combination of a brief stopping of the airstream with an

obstructed release which causes some friction.

• A stop followed by a fricative

t ʃ d ʒ

Stop

Fricative

Stop

Fricative

• e.g.

• Cheap

• [tʃ] is a voiceless affricate

• Jeep

• [dʒ] is a voiced affricate

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Nasals

• [m], [n], [ŋ]

• Most sounds are produced orally, with

the velum raised, preventing airstream

from entering the nasal cavity.

• When the velum is lowered, the

airstream is allowed to flow throw the

nose.

Velum

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Nasals

• They are all voiced

• e.g. (morning/ knitting, name)

• They all begin & end with nasals.

Word Sound Voice Place of Articulation Manner of articulation

morning [m] V+ Bilabial Nasal

morning [ŋ] V+ Velar Nasal

name [n] V+ Alveolar Nasal

name [m] V+ Bilabial Nasal

knitting [n] V+ Alveolar Nasal

knitting [ŋ] V+ Velar Nasal

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Liquids

• [l] & [r]

• both voiced

• [l] = A lateral liquid

• Letting the airstream flow around the sides of the tongue as the tip of the tongue makes contact with the middle of the alveolar ridge.

• [r]

• The tongue tip raised and curled back near the alveolar ridge.

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Liquids

Q: How do we describe the first sounds in the words ‘led’ and ‘red’?

Word Sound Voice Place of Articulation

Manner of Articulation

led [l] V+ Alveolar Liquid

red [r] V+ Alveolar Liquid

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Glides• [w] & [j]

• They are both voiced

• The tongue is in motion or gliding to or from the position of a vowel.

• Semi-vowels

Word Sound Voice Place of Articulation

Manner of Articulation

wet/ we [w] V+ Bilabial Glide

you/ yes [j] V+ Palatal Glide

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The Glottal Stop [ʔ]

• When the space between the vocal cords (the glottis) is

closed, then released.

• Cockney accent/ Scottish speakers/ New Yorkers

• e.g.

• Oh oh / Uh uh

• In place of t Batman

• In place of tt bottle / button

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The flap [D] or [ɾ]

• The tongue tip tapping the alveolar ridge briefly

• butter = budder

• Many American English speakers tend to flap the [t] & [d] consonants between vowels

• In casual speech:

• latter/ ladder

• writer/ rider

• metal/ medal

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Homework: P. 37 Q: 4

Thank you

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What is a vowel?

• consonants closure or obstruction in the

vocal tract,

• vowel sounds a relatively free flow of air

• They are all voiced

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Describing Vowels

How do we describe/ classify consonants?

• Voicing

• POA

• MOA

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Describing Vowels

How do we describe/ classify vowels?

• How high is the highest part of the tongue in the mouth?

• How front or back is the highest part of the tongue in the mouth?

• Are the lips rounded or unrounded?

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Describing Vowels

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Describing Vowels

Try this:

• heat, hit, hat, hot

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High Mid Low

[i]eat/ key/ see

[ɛ]dead, pet, said

[æ]ban, laugh, sat

Vowel Height

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Vowel Height

Vowel Height

LowMidHigh

[i], [ɪ], [u], [ʊ] [e], [ɛ], [ә], [ʌ],

[o], [ɔ][æ], [a], [ɑ]

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Vowel Backness

Vowel Backness

BackCentralFront

[i], [ɪ], [e],

[ɛ], [æ] [ә], [ʌ], [a]

[u], [ʊ], [o],

[ɔ], [ɑ]

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Front Vowels

• [i], [ɪ], [e], [ɛ], [æ]

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Front Vowels

• [i]

• e.g. eat/ see / week / tree

• [ɪ]

• e.g. hit, myth, women, invite, pin

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Front Vowels

• [e]

• e.g. great, eight, locate, ballet

• [ɛ]

• e.g. dead, pet, said, bet, extra

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Front Vowels

• [æ]

• e.g. ban, laugh, sat, at

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Central Vowels

• [ə], [ʌ], [a]

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Central Vowels

• [ə]

• e.g. above, support, zebra (British)

• farmer, waterfall

• [ʌ]

• e.g. blood, tough, sun, but, son

• [a]

• e.g. bomb, swan (American), path (British)

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Back Vowels

• [u], [ʊ], [o], [ɔ], [ɑ]

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Back Vowels

• [u]

• e. g. move/ two/ too / drew

• [ʊ]

• e.g. could, foot, put

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Back Vowels

• [o]

• e.g. no, road, toe, hello, over

• [ɔ]

• e.g. ball, caught, raw, all, hall, jaw

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Back Vowels

• [ɑ]

• e.g. spa, father, clock, awkward

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Lip Roundedness

• Rounded [u], [ʊ], [o], [ɔ]

• [u] e.g. noon

• Unrounded [i], [ɪ], [e], [ɛ], [æ], [ɑ], [ә], [a], [ʌ]

• [i] e.g. heat

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Diphthongs

• A combination of two sounds

• begins with a vowel & ends with a glide [w] or [j]

• vowel + glide

• [aw]

• cow, down, loud, doubt

• [ɔj]

• boy, toy, noise, void

• [aj]

• ride, high, bye, eye, my

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Activity: Identifying diphthongs

Call Top Fright Joy

Haste Avoid Proud Hide

• Fright [aj]

• Joy [ɔj]

• Avoid [ɔj]

• Proud [aw]

• Hide [aj]

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Vowels’ full description

• Vowels are classified according to three parameters:

height, backness, and lip rounding

• e.g.

• [i]

• high front unrounded vowel

• [u]

• high back rounded vowel

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Phonetic Transcription

• The best-known system:

• The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

• IPA has been developing since 1888.

• The system represents each sound of human speech with a single symbol.

• The symbol is enclosed in brackets [ ] or / /.

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Phonetic Transcription

• We can use IPA transcription across languages

• There is one symbol for EVERY possible human sound

• There is a 1-1 correspondence of sound to symbol

• Cat [kæt]

• Cell [sɛl]

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Transcription Practice

Transcribe the following words

• Kick• Boot• She• Tough• Thin• Mad• Mall• Cute• Sell• Kate• Goat

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Subtle individual variation

Please read pp. 35-36

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Useful resources

• Download the Sounds of Speech (SOS) app from App Store or Google play

• Visit this link for help in transcribing texts: http://upodn.com

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References

JenniferESL. (2011, January 6). Learn pronunciation of English vowel sounds 1- Introduction [Video file]. Retrieved from http://youtu.be/qMM_hwyHxaI

Yule, G. (2010). The study of language. (4th ed.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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Thank youNext class:

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