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Lecture 12345
Lecture 12345
sounds.
1. What did you get from the lecture?
- Introduction about phonology and speech organs.
- Phonology and phonetics are closely related but
different. Phonetics is the study of speech sounds
while phonology focuses on how speech sounds are
organized and used in a language.
- Phonetics involves:
Have 3 branches: Articulatory phonetics, Acoustic
phonetics, Auditory phonetics.
The physical production of speech sounds by the
vocal tract
The acoustic properties of speech sounds as heard
The perceptual interpretation of speech sounds by
listeners
- Phonology involves:
Discovering the phoneme inventory of a language
Understanding phonotactics - which sound
combinations are allowed
Learning phonological rules that govern sound
changes
Lecture 2: Vowel.
1. What did you get from the lecture?
- Vowels, diphthongs and triphthongs are important
parts of pronunciation in English.
- A vowel is produced when there is an unobstructed
flow of air through the larynx. Vowels are classified
based on: the place of tongue, the height of the tongue,
the position/shape of the lip.
- A diphthong is a compound vowel formed when the
tongue moves from a position reserved for one vowel
to a position reserved for another vowel in the same
syllable.
Lecture 3: Consonants
1. What did you get from the lecture?
- The role of consonants in word and sentence
structure:Consonants provide alignment for vowels,
forming syllables, words, and sentences.