Phonetics & Phonology

Phonetics & PhonologySaturday: 12-15Room: 44 Course Facilitator: Dr Salama EmbarkSalamaembark@yahoo.co.uksalamaembark@zu.edu.ly

Course Description Reading Books Main Reference: English Phonetics & Phonology by Peter Roach 3rd edition ( 1983-2000)

Extra Readings

A course in Phonetics by Peter Ladefoged. 3rd edition (1975-1993) Perfecting your English Pronunciation by Susan Cameron (2012).Phonology Theory and Analysis by Larry M. Hyman (1975)

Course Outline Lecture 1: Introducing the course the Production of Speech SoundsLecture 2: consonants & Vowels Lecture 3: voicing & ConsonantsLecture 4: The PhonemeLecture 5: Fricatives & AffricatesLecture 6: the Syllable Lecture 7: Mid-Term Exam Lecture 8: strong & Weak SyllablesLecture 9: stress in simple and complex wordsLecture 10: weak Forms Lecture 11: aspects of connected speech (phythm, Assimilation, Elisions & LinkingLecture 13: IntonationLecture 14: Final Exam

Definition of PhoneticsPhonetics is the science of speech sounds, which aims to provide the set of features or properties that can be used to describe and distinguish all the sounds used in human language (Peter Roach, 2000).

The branch of linguistics concerned with the study of speech sounds with reference to their distribution and patterning

The system of sounds of a particular language.

sourceThe American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright 2000 by Houghton Mifflin

Types of PhoneticsArticulatory phonetics: the study of the production of speech sounds by the articulatory and vocal tract by the speaker

Acoustic phonetics: the study of the physical transmission of speech sounds from the speaker to the listener

Auditory phonetics: the study of the reception and perception of speech sounds by the listener

Definition: PhonologyPhonology is the study of the properties of sound systems, the principles that govern the ways in which speakers of different languages organize speech sounds to express meanings. Phonology is the study of the way sounds function in languages, including phonemes, syllable structure, stress, accent, intonation, and which sounds are distinctive units within a language; The way sounds function within a given language.

Source:Phonology - Critical Concepts in Linguistics by Charles W. Kreidler

Branches of PhonologySegmental phonology :- It analyses speech into discrete segments, such as phonemes.

Supra- segmental phonology :- It analyses those features which extend over more than one segment such as intonation , stress.

Diachonic phonology :- It studies the patterns of sound system through the history of language.

4. Synchronic phonology :- It studies the patterns of sound regardless of the process of historical change.

Phonetics & phonology Phonetics is the study of sound in speech; phonology is the study (and use) of sound patterns to create meaning.

Phonetics focuses on how speech is physically created and received, including study of the human vocal and auditory tracts, acoustics, and neurology. Phonology relies on phonetic information for its practice, but focuses on how patterns in both speech and non-verbal communication create meaning, and how such patterns are interpreted. Phonology includes comparative linguistic studies of how cognates, sounds, and meaning are transmitted among and between human communities and languages.

Source;http://www.chegg.com/homework-help/definitions/phonetics-and-phonology-51

More.. Phonology is concerned with the functional properties of speech sounds

Phonetics is concerned with the physical aspects of speech sounds

Three stages in speech chainThe production of the messageThe transmission of the messageThe reception of the messageArticulatory phoneticsAcoustic phoneticsAuditory phonetics

The Speech Organs

PharynxOral CavityNasal CavityUvulaTongue (tip/blade/front/ middle/back/root)Hard PalateSoft Palate (Velum)Alveolar Ridge (teeth-ridge)Teeth (upper &lower)Lips (upper &lower)Epiglottis

Process of Producing Speech

The air breathed in lungs the air pressed out mouth cavitywindpipe (trachea) larynx pharynx nasal cavity

Voice Productionorgans of speech - in the mouth and throat. air pushed out from the lungs through the larynx and epiglottis vibrates the vocal cords-

producing a continuous tone whose pitch can be changed by varying the shape of the larynx.

Consonants - modified by the tongue and lips, are formed when air is emitted suddenly or when it is cut off firmly. Voice production occurs in the larynx

During breathing the vocal cords are held apart, but as speech commences, the cartilages of the larynx are drawn together by the action of muscles and a "chink" is created.

The tension of the vibrating cords, changed by the tilting of the cartilages, alters the pitch of the spoken sound. High notes are produced by the vibration of tight vocal cords and low notes are produced by vibrating loose cords.

Definition of Consonants &VowelsConsonants: the sounds in the production of which there is an obstruction of the air- stream at some point of the vocal tract .

Vowels: the sounds in the production of which no articulators come very close together and the air-stream passes through the vocal tract without obstruction.

Place of Articulation

When describing the place of articulation, what we usually consider is the place within the vocal tract where the articulators form a stricture

The place of articulation

Bilabial e.g. [p], [m]. Labio-dental e.g. [f].Dental e.g.[] Alveolar e.g. [t] Palatal e.g..[j].Palato-alveolar e.g. []Velar e.g. [k].Glottal e.g. [h]Retroflex .Uvular, Pharyngeal

Consonant ArticulationPlaces Manners lips (labial) stop/plosive teeth (dental) fricative alveolar ridge (alveolar) nasalhard palate (palatal) lateralsoft palate (velar) glide/approximantuvula (uvular) trill pharynx (pharngeal) tap/flaplarynx/glottis (glottal)

Give the IPA symbol for each of the consonants described below1) voiced bilabial plosive b 2) voiceless alveolar plosive t3) voiceless dental fricative 4) voiced bilabial nasal m5) voiceless labio-dental f fricative

A Diagram of English Vowels

Types of Vowels monophthong e.g. [u] diphthong e.g. [au] [u] triphthong e.g. [au]

PHONEMIC CHART