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Articulatory phonetics is concerned with consonants and vowels (segments) as well as tone and phonation types(phonationals).For more than a century, it has been deemed as an applied discipline for practical purposes such as language teaching and description. In recent years, articulatory or linguistic phonetics has developed quickly and general theories are attempted to organize various concepts into a consistent system to account for phonetic phenomena. This article introduces a syllable-centric phonetic theory, which treats tone and phonation types as non-linear syllabic constituents, while consonants and vowels as linear constituents. Phonetic typology is also explored in the article.
Applied Linguistics for Teachers of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners, 2019
The main focus of this chapter is to present the articulatory description of English consonants and provide practical guidance on how to teach the consonant phonemes to ELLs. The chapter starts with the introduction of phonetics as a subfield of linguistics. The concepts such as phonemes, contrastive versus non-contrastive sounds, the branches of phonetics that study different aspects of human speech sounds, and two different types of phonemes-consonants and vowels-are introduced in this section. Next, the reader is familiarized with the International Phonetic Alphabet, which is a system of phonetic transcription. The chapter further presents the description of the vocal tract and explores the classification of English consonants according to their place and manner of articulation, and voicing. Some implications from the introduced phonetics theory for teaching phonics, phonemic awareness, and spelling to young ELLs, and pronunciation to adult English learners, as well as a set of recommendations for effective phonetics instruction for ELLs are discussed to conclude the chapter. WHAT IS PHONETICS? Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that studies individual speech sounds in a human language. These speech sounds are also known as phonemes. The word phoneme is derived from the Greek word φώνημα (phōnēma), meaning sound produced. It is not coincidental that the words phonetics and phoneme share the same rootphone-which means voice or sound, as phonetics is the study of minimal units of sound-phonemes.
Linguistic Phonetics: A Look into the Future
ICPhS, 2011
This paper exemplifies the need for collecting extensive experimental data on the languagedependent articulatory and acoustic characteristics of vowels and consonants. It reports data on constriction location for (alveolo)palatal consonants, and on the F2 frequency for allophonic realizations of different varieties of /l/, in several language groups.
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This outstanding multi-volume series covers all the major subdisciplines within linguistics today and, when complete, will offer a comprehensive survey of linguistics as a whole.
The Cambridge Handbook of Phonetics
2021
Phonetics - the study and classification of speech sounds - is a major sub-discipline of linguistics. Bringing together a team of internationally renowned phoneticians, this handbook provides comprehensive coverage of the most recent, cutting-edge work in the field, and focuses on the most widely-debated contemporary issues. Chapters are divided into five thematic areas: segmental production, prosodic production, measuring speech, audition and perception, and applications of phonetics. Each chapter presents an historical overview of the area, along with critical issues, current research and advice on the best practice for teaching phonetics to undergraduates. It brings together global perspectives, and includes examples from a wide range of languages, allowing readers to extend their knowledge beyond English. By providing both state-of-the-art research information, and an appreciation of how it can be shared with students, this handbook is essential both for academic phoneticians, a...
Phonetics in a Nutshell - FLASH UIZ (2022–23)
2022
This is a brief introductory course to Phonetics for college students of linguistics. The main goal is to cover the basics of phonetics from a clear, unambiguous perspective since there is a huge confusion about some aspects of this very sub-field of linguistics, i.e., Phonetics. At the end, I’m just an undergraduate student, for now. So, it’s better to follow with your academic in a parallel way and ask questions, it’s important to make things clearer for you, my cherished colleague. It is important to state that this course is based on the syllabus provided by the professor Maryeme Ouchen (m.ouchen@uiz.ac.ma), Faculty of Languages, Arts and Humanities, Ait Melloul, Morocco.
PHONETICS—The Science of Speech
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2000
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