ARTICULATORY PHONETICS The production of speech sounds
The Primate origins of human vocalization
Design Features of Human Language FeatureHuman LanguagePrimate Calls Role of learningHeavy, essentialLight, non-essential Number of callsOpenClosed IntentionalityHeavyQuestionable EmotivityLowHigh Role of genesOnly in capacityMessages programmed ImmediacyOften (or usually) displacedGenerally required Structure of signalsHierarchically organizedNo internal organization.
Three required physical devices The brain endows us with the capacity for language The ear receives sounds The articulatory apparatus produces sounds
Evolution of human cerebral capacity (Note: habilis is now called Homo)
Human brain
Human articulatory apparatus
English consonant chart
English vowel chart
Mandarin consonants
Mandarin vowels