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Sol #5b Phonetics - The :sound: of :left_speech_bubble: (Vowel…
Sol #5b
Phonetics -
The :sound: of :left_speech_bubble:
Vowel
Characteristics
of vowel
Pitch &
loudness
Long
Short
Can stand
alone
Vowel
length
Diacritic :arrow_right: [ː]
:memo: [aː]
Monophthong
:bulb: words spelled differently, referring to same vowel
:memo: [I][e]
:key: can b prolong forever
with
change
Diphthongs :vs:
:bulb: Double
vowel :sound:
:memo: [æ]
Vowel has gliding movement during production
:bulb: Sounds created with continuous flow of air
Classification
:tongue: Front :vs: Back
:lips: Rounded :vs: Spread/
rounded
Low :vs: High
Side note: The only :sound: with
a name is /ə/ > the schwa
Unstressed
vowel
Very important in English
Prosodic/
Suprasegmental
prosodic
features
Length
Pitch
The faster the vocal folds vibrate the higher the pitch
:scream_cat: Laudness
Stress
Emphasis
placed
within words
Intonation
Tone :left_speech_bubble:
:memo: Mandarin, Thai
:key: Used lexically
&/ grammatically
Non-tone/
intonation :left_speech_bubble:
:memo: English, Japanese
:key: Used semantically
:bulb: rise & fall of voice,
:sound: or tone
:key: elements of speech that r
vowels/consonants
but r
properties of syllables
& larger units of speech.
Phonetics & :hand::skin-tone-2::left_speech_bubble:
Configuration of
:ok_hand::skin-tone-3: (handshape)
Movement of
:ok_hand::skin-tone-3: and :muscle::skin-tone-3:
in signing space
:red_flag: of :ok_hand::skin-tone-3:
:bulb: the individual :sound:
& how to make them