Linguistics 1 Phonetics Week 4 Phonetics Parts 1-3

Topics for Phonetics Speech is an unbroken stream of sound Speed and accuracy of speech as evidence of the “language instinct” “Same sounds” may actually be different Duality of Patterning Articulatory phonetics: consonants Articulatory phonetics: vowels Pronunciation/speech vs. writing Types of writing systems Orthography as a practical way to represent a language for its speakers

Wave form for “Say ‘q’ all nine times.” List of topics

Identify the sentence that corresponds to each of the wave forms. (1) (2) (3) Say “u” all 9 lines. Say “q” all 9 lines. Say “u” all 10 lines. Say “q” all 10 lines. Say “u” all 9 times. Say “q” all 9 times. Say “u” all 10 times. Say “q” all 10 times. List of topics

What is the source of humor in these riddles and puns? Where do you find giant snails? (On the ends of giants’ fingers.) Which president was least guilty? (Lincoln. He is in a cent.) Police were called to a daycare where a three-year-old was resisting a rest. “Writing at the same time as Shakespeare was Miguel Cervantes. He wrote Donkey Hote.” They all depend on how they are spelled. They all require knowledge of English idioms. They all involve breaking the speech stream at different points. They have nothing obvious in common. List of topics

Match the pairs of underlined spellings with their actual pronunciations. [ʔ ~ ɾ] [l ~ ɫ] [ʌy ~ ay] (most students probably will not make this distinction) [ɾ ~ t] [n ~ ŋ] [th ~ t] [ž ~ z] List of topics

Duality of Patterning List of topics

For each example, select the best answer: (1) (2) (3) Illustrates Duality of Patterning Does not illustrate Duality of Patterning Maybe illustrates Duality of Patterning List of topics

For each example, select the best answer: (1) (2) (3) Illustrates Duality of Patterning Does not illustrate Duality of Patterning Maybe illustrates Duality of Patterning List of topics

For each example, select the best answer: (1) (2) Illustrates Duality of Patterning Does not illustrate Duality of Patterning Maybe illustrates Duality of Patterning

Select the best answer: Illustrates Duality of Patterning Does not illustrate Duality of Patterning Maybe illustrates Duality of Patterning

Articulatory Phonetics: Consonants Movie http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/schuh/lx001/Discussion/articulatory_Cs.html Articulatory Phonetics: Consonants List of topics

Select the correct description for the consonant depicted in each diagram. (1) (2) (3) voiceless labiodental fricative voiced velar stop voiceless alveolar stop voiceless (inter)dental fricative voiced alveolar nasal voiced alveolar fricative List of topics

Select the correct description for the consonant depicted in each diagram. (4) (5) (6) voiceless labiodental fricative voiced velar stop voiceless alveolar stop voiceless (inter)dental fricative voiced dental nasal voiced alveolar fricative List of topics

Articulatory Phonetics: Vowels http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/schuh/lx001/Discussion/articulatory_Vs.html Vowel Movie Articulatory Phonetics: Vowels List of topics

Match the phonetic vowel symbols in the table with the pronounced vowels in the words. fleck lack lake leak lick like lock Loke (a Cantonese name) look lout luck L. Luke List of topics

What is your your "home" language, basically, the language you grew up speaking with your parents? English Spanish Korean Mandarin Chinese Cantonese Vietnamese Farsi/Persian Hindi Tagalog Other List of topics

For each of the following sounds decide whether it is found in your home language or not. [θ] [x] [ǰ] [ü] [æ] [ɯ] List of topics

What types of writing systems do Chinese and Korean have? Both are logographic Both are phonetic Chinese is logoraphic, Korean is phonetic Chinese is phonetic, Korean is logoraphic I have no idea List of topics

What types of writing systems do Japanese and Korean have? Both are syllabic Both are phonetic Japanese is phonetic, Korean is syllabic Japanese is syllabic, Korean is phonetic I have no idea List of topics

None. It is always a logogram. Here are three words in Egyptian hieroglyphic writing. The symbol with wavy lines represents waves of water. In which word is it used for its phonetic value? ’river’ ‘water’ ‘vulture’ None. It is always a logogram. List of topics

Which of the putative features of orthographies help us understand this joke? Orthographies are less rigid than phonetic writing Orthographies can separate meaning from pronunciation Orthographies don’t change rapidly over time Orthographies facilitate cross-cultural communication List of topics

Here is a page from a little book defining words in “Southern” Here is a page from a little book defining words in “Southern”. Why would this not be amusing if it were written in standard orthography? Standard English orthography is a representation of a dialect other than this one English orthography is not a purely phonetic representation English orthography would spell all homophones the same way List of topics

Orthography is more stable than pronunciation Comparing Chaucerian and modern English: Chaucer wrote in the 14th Century. Why is it easier for us to understand the words in the black column than those in the blue column? Orthography is more stable than pronunciation Chaucer followed the same spelling conventions as those of modern English We are used to hearing pronunciations of Chaucer’s time List of topics