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Phonetics Activities
Articulatory Review
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Beware of heard, a dreadful word That looks like beard and sounds like bird; And dead: its said like bed, not bead;
English Language as a Non-Phonetic Language
For goodness sake, dont call it deed! Watch out for mean and great and threat. (They rhyme with suite and straight and debt.) A moth is not moth in mother, Nor bth in bother, broth in brother.
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The United States started with 13 small states. Now there are 50 states spread from east to west.
Mother washed, cooked, and cleaned. After she finished, she rested.
Place of Articulation
Bilabial Labiodental Dental Alveolar PalatoAlveolar Palatal Velar
Nasal
m p b f v
n t d s z r l t d
Voiceless
Voiced
k g
Manner of Articulation
Plosive
Fricative
h* w
Approximant
Lateral
Affricate
*This speech sound has no specific place of articulation. To avoid confusion and to facilitate comprehension, this sounds properties: fricative velar (glottal) voiceless.
Places of Articulation
Bilabial Upper and Lower lips come together. Lower lip approximating Upper teeth. Tip of Tongue near Upper teeth. Tip of the tongue touching /near Alveolar Ridge. Tip or Blade of tongue near the forward part of the Hard Palate, behind Alveolar Ridge. (Palato-Alveolar) Front of tongue near Hard Palate. Back of tongue touching Soft Palate (Velum). Two lips approaching one another, and Back of tongue raised toward Soft Palate.
Labio-dental
Dental
Alveolar
Post- Alveolar Palatal Velar Labio-Velar
Manner of Articulation
Stop (plosive) Nasal Fricative Affricate Approximant Lateral Complete closure of vocal tract. Air is blocked from going out . Closure of vocal tract making air coming out through the nose. Constriction of vocal tract so that a kind of noise is formed. A complete closure of vocal tract followed by a fricative manner made at the same place of articulation.
Tip or Blade of tongue near the forward part of the Hard Palate, behind Alveolar Ridge. (Palato-Alveolar)
Tongue touching roof of mouth without contacting teeth at the sides.
Vertical Movement
LOW
MID
FRONT
Horizontal Movement
BACK
CENTRAL
ROUNDED
Lip Rounding
NEUTRAL
UNROUNDED /SPREAD
Voiceless
Voiced
Horizontal Movement
CENTRAL BACK
HIGH
e
MID
Symbols
Short Long MID/HIGH
Spanish Vowels
Vertical Movement
MID/LOW
Why do you want to leave so early? Id have thought that we could get there on time
If we left about half past ten. If we leave at 9, well arrive far too early,
And well have to stand around in the cold, waiting for the others to show up.
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Look at the IPA symbols corresponding to speech sounds and determine the distinctive features they exhibit. You may not use a formal chart, but be warned to use your own articulatory awareness to identify such features.
/b/ //
/j/
1 2 3
// //
/ /
1 2 3
1 2 3
1 2 3
1 2
1 2
Look at the IPA symbols corresponding to speech sounds and determine the distinctive features they exhibit. You may not use a formal chart, but be warned to use your own articulatory awareness to identify such features.
/w/ /n/
/t/
1 2 3
/e/ //
//
1 2 3
1 2 3
1 2 3
1 2
1 2
Look at the IPA symbols corresponding to speech sounds and determine the distinctive features they exhibit. You may not use a formal chart, but be warned to use your own articulatory awareness to identify such features.
/r/ /d/
/ /
1 2 3
// / /
//
1 2 3
1 2 3
1 2 3
1 2
1 2
Look at the IPA symbols corresponding to speech sounds and determine the distinctive features they exhibit. You may not use a formal chart, but be warned to use your own articulatory awareness to identify such features.
/v/ /s/
//
1 2 3
// //
//
1 2 3
1 2 3
1 2 3
1 2
1 2
Look at the IPA symbols corresponding to speech sounds and determine the distinctive features they exhibit. You may not use a formal chart, but be warned to use your own articulatory awareness to identify such features.
/m / /k/
/h/
1 2 3
/g/ /l/
/z/
1 2 3
1 2 3
1 2 3
1 2
1 2
Look at the IPA symbols corresponding to speech sounds and determine the distinctive features they exhibit. You may not use a formal chart, but be warned to use your own articulatory awareness to identify such features.
/f/ /p /
//
1 2 3
// /w/
/j/
1 2 3
1 2 3
1 2 3
1 2
1 2
Coarticulation, explanation