phonetics activities
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Useful Links for
Phonetics Purposes
Useful Links for Phonetics Purposes
Typing IPA fonts
http://ipa.typeit.org/
Articulatory Review
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics
Beware of heard, a dreadful word
That looks like beard and sounds like bird;
And dead: it’s said like bed, not bead;
For goodness sake, don’t call it deed!
Watch out for mean and great and threat.
(They rhyme with suite and straight and debt.)
A moth is not moth in mother,
Nor bth in bother, broth in brother….
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Exercise: Sound and Spelling
IPA Chart (Summary)
Exercise: IPA Chart, Summary
Click in here for an Articulatory Review
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics
Vocal Organs, Review
Exercise: Vocal Organs
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A B C D E
Vowels & Consonants, Review
Exercise: Vowels and Consonants
The United States started with 13 small states.
Now there are 50 states spread from east to west.
Mother washed, cooked, and cleaned.
After she finished, she rested.
Charting English Consonants
Exercise: English Consonants
Bilabial Labio-
dental Dental Alveolar
Palato-
Alveolar Palatal Velar
Place of Articulation
Nasal
Plosive
Fricative
Approximant
Lateral
Man
ne
r o
f A
rtic
ula
tio
n p b t d k g
m n ŋ
f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ
r l
j w
Affricate
Voiceless Voiced
d ʒ t ʃ
h*
*This speech sound has no specific place of articulation.
To avoid confusion and to facilitate comprehension, this
sound’s properties: fricative – velar (glottal) – voiceless.
Appreciating English Consonants:
Place & Manner of Articulations
Exercise: Properties of Consonant Sounds
Bilabial
Places of Articulation
Ladefoged, P. (2005). Vowels and Consonants: An Introduction to the Sounds of Languages. UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, pp, 115-17
Upper and Lower lips come together.
Labio-dental Lower lip approximating Upper teeth.
Dental Tip of Tongue near Upper teeth.
Alveolar
Tip or Blade of tongue near the forward part of the Hard Palate, behind Alveolar Ridge. (Palato-Alveolar)
Tip of the tongue touching /near Alveolar Ridge.
Post- Alveolar
Front of tongue near Hard Palate. Palatal
Back of tongue touching Soft Palate (Velum). Velar
Two lips approaching one another, and Back of tongue raised toward Soft Palate.
Labio-Velar
Appreciating English Consonants:
Place & Manner of Articulations
Exercise: Properties of Consonant Sounds
Stop (plosive)
Manner of Articulation
Ladefoged, P. (2005). Vowels and Consonants: An Introduction to the Sounds of Languages. UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, pp, 115-17
Complete closure of vocal tract. Air is blocked from going out .
Nasal Closure of vocal tract making air coming out through the nose.
Fricative Constriction of vocal tract so that a kind of noise is formed.
Affricate
Tip or Blade of tongue near the forward part of the Hard Palate, behind Alveolar Ridge. (Palato-Alveolar)
A complete closure of vocal tract followed by a fricative manner made at the same place of articulation.
Approximant
Tongue touching roof of mouth without contacting teeth at the sides. Lateral
Charting English Vowels
Exercise: English Vowels
HIGH
Voiceless Voiced
Horizontal Movement
Vertical Movement
Lip Rounding
LOW
FRONT
BACK
ROUNDED
UNROUNDED
/SPREAD
MID
CENTRAL
NEUTRAL
Vocal Folds: Voiced
Charting English Vowels Exercise: English Vowels
HIGH
Ver
tica
l Mo
vem
ent
Horizontal Movement
Lip Rounding
LOW
FRONT BACK
ROUNDED UNROUNDED
/ SPREAD
MID
CENTRAL
NEUTRAL
ɪː
ɪ
e
æ
ɑː
ɒ ʌ
ə
ɜː ɔː
uː
ʊ MID/HIGH
MID/LOW
Spanish Vowels
Short
Long
Symbols
From Transcriptions to
Linguistic Units
Exercise: From Transcriptions to Linguistic Units
Why do you want to leave so early? I’d have thought that we could get there on time
If we left about half past ten. If we leave at 9, we’ll arrive far too early,
And we’ll have to stand around in the cold, waiting for the others to show up.
Putting Vowels & Consonants Together:
The Phenomenon of Coarticulation
Exercise: Putting Vowels and Consonants All Together: Coarticulation
ǀ ˈsɒritəˈbʌðəjʊ ǀ ˈbʌt ǀ ˈwɒtsjəˈneim ǀ A:
ǀ ˈmaɪneɪmzˈfredi ǀ ənˈjʊəz ǀ B:
ǀ ɪtsˈnaistəˈmɪːtʃə ǀ B:
ǀ maɪneɪmzˈnɪːkləs ǀ A:
ǀ ˈdəʊmˈmenʃ̩̩n̩ɪt ǀ ɪtwəzmaɪˈplɜːʒə ǀ A:
Articulatory Quiz (1):
Vowels and Consonants Features
Articulatory Quiz: Vowels & Consonants Features
/b/ 1
2
3
/ʌ/ 1
2
3
/ʒ/ 1
2
3
/ɒ/ 1
2
3
/j/ 1
2
3
/ə/ 1
2
3
Look at the IPA symbols corresponding to speech sounds and determine the
distinctive features they exhibit. You may not use a formal chart, but be
warned to use your own articulatory awareness to identify such features.
Articulatory Quiz (2):
Vowels and Consonants Features
Articulatory Quiz: Vowels & Consonants Features
/w/ 1
2
3
/e/ 1
2
3
/n/ 1
2
3
/ʊ/ 1
2
3
/t/ 1
2
3
/ɪː/ 1
2
3
Look at the IPA symbols corresponding to speech sounds and determine the
distinctive features they exhibit. You may not use a formal chart, but be
warned to use your own articulatory awareness to identify such features.
Articulatory Quiz (3):
Vowels and Consonants Features
Articulatory Quiz: Vowels & Consonants Features
/r/ 1
2
3
/ɜː/ 1
2
3
/d/ 1
2
3
/æ/ 1
2
3
/ð/ 1
2
3
/ɔː/ 1
2
3
Look at the IPA symbols corresponding to speech sounds and determine the
distinctive features they exhibit. You may not use a formal chart, but be
warned to use your own articulatory awareness to identify such features.
Articulatory Quiz (4):
Vowels and Consonants Features
Articulatory Quiz: Vowels & Consonants Features
/v/ 1
2
3
/ɪ/ 1
2
3
/s/ 1
2
3
/ɑː/ 1
2
3
/θ/ 1
2
3
/ʊː/ 1
2
3
Look at the IPA symbols corresponding to speech sounds and determine the
distinctive features they exhibit. You may not use a formal chart, but be
warned to use your own articulatory awareness to identify such features.
Articulatory Quiz (5):
Vowels and Consonants Features
Articulatory Quiz: Vowels & Consonants Features
/m/ 1
2
3
/g/ 1
2
3
/k/ 1
2
3
/l/ 1
2
3
/h/ 1
2
3
/z/ 1
2
3
Look at the IPA symbols corresponding to speech sounds and determine the
distinctive features they exhibit. You may not use a formal chart, but be
warned to use your own articulatory awareness to identify such features.
Articulatory Quiz (5):
Vowels and Consonants Features
Articulatory Quiz: Vowels & Consonants Features
/f/ 1
2
3
/ʧ/ 1
2
3
/p/ 1
2
3
/w/ 1
2
3
/ʤ/ 1
2
3
/j/ 1
2
3
Look at the IPA symbols corresponding to speech sounds and determine the
distinctive features they exhibit. You may not use a formal chart, but be
warned to use your own articulatory awareness to identify such features.
Articulatory Quiz:
Recognizing Vowels & Consonants Distinctive Features
Exercise: Articulatory Quiz: V & C
Speech Chain and Coarticulation: What Happens in Reality
Coarticulation, explanation