EXAMA
Full name: DNI:
Telephone number: PEC submitted: yes noO
A. Theory: Tick the correct answer (2’5/10 points, 0’5 each)
1. In an area of , air molecules are close together.
a) compression b) damping Oc) declination 0 d) rarefaction 0
2. If the 5th harmonic of a complex periodic wave has a frequency of 600
Hz, the fundamental frequency of the wave is Hz.
a)500 b) 500 0 c) 1000 d) 1200
3. If you analyse the word zoo /zu:/ with the Praat tool you should see a
in the spectrogram during the first sound.
a) silence b) voice bar c) great duration 0 d) lower Fo
4. Key acoustic cues associated to vocalic sequences include:
a) silence 0 b) stable formants 0
c) changing formants 0 d) only one formant 0
5. Indicate which feature is not visible on a spectrogram as an acoustic cue
for the perception of manner in affricates:
a) silence 0 b) noise 0 c) stable formants 0
d) rapid changes in the formant frequencies of neighbouring vowels 0
B. Choose one of the questions: (2’5/10 points)
Answer length: Half a page at most (around 300 words)
6a. Forensic Phonetics: Explains the different types of speaker
identification in the judicial field as well as the factors or variables that
influence their recognition.
or
6b. Clinical Phonetics: Describe the scientific and professional fields
covered by clinical linguistics,C. Practice: Analyse the spectrogram of the utterance Well done! /wel
dan/ (see next page) by carrying the following tasks (5/10 points
without PEC, 3/10 with PEC):
1. Write the phonetic annotation aligned with the spectrogram so as to
show sound division.
2. Indicate the acoustic cues available in the spectrogram that help identify
the five highlighted sounds in terms of manner of articulation and voicing,
and place of articulation (optional for consonants).
3. Describe the pitch contour (movements of FO -indicating the maximum
pitch value, if possible-, and effects of accentuation on pitch contour).