SSC: The Science of Talking Sounds of the World's Languages Michael - PDF document

11/26/2009 SSC: The Science of Talking Sounds of the World's Languages Michael Ashby How many languages are there in the world? How many distinctive speech sounds are there in English? Is English a typical language? In what ways (if any) is it unusual? How many distinctive speech sounds are there in all the languages of the world considered together? 1

11/26/2009 MRI mid-sagittal view Lateral X-ray of the vocal tract 2

11/26/2009 Tongue shapes in front vowels Tongue shapes in back vowels 3

11/26/2009 A very quick look at vowels • English has a big vowel system, but doesn't use… • Front rounded vowels such as �� – (French, German,…) • Nasalized vowels such as �� – (French, Polish, Hindi, …) • Unrounded back vowels such as �� – Korean, Turkish Contrastive back rounding in Korean � �� = �� 'threat' � �� 'cry' (n) 4

11/26/2009 • How will a rounded front vowel [y] differ acoustically from an unrounded vowel with the same tongue position [i] ? Consonants 5

11/26/2009 Terminology for place of articulation Familiar consonant, unfamiliar context �� 6

11/26/2009 Exotic places (of articulation) �� !�� The pharyngeal place of articulation �� 7

11/26/2009 Exotic manners (of articulation) �� "��#��"�� #�!��#�$� �� Uvular trills �� %��&'&(�&')*�# ��&')+ 8

11/26/2009 Can we trill anything else? ,�� -�� Taps and flaps �� . ɽ /�0 �� 9

11/26/2009 1 ��" �� 212� �� 212� �� " �� 12 �� 31�" �� 1�" �� 14" �� " �� 31�" �� "�"� �� 3"�" �� 10

11/26/2009 Double articulation �"�� 5�� 6�� "�� Double articulation �"�� 5�� 6�� "�� 11

11/26/2009 Non-pulmonic airstreams �7�� implosives ��"�"��#� "�� "��"�� ! " # 12

11/26/2009 Clicks �� 8�� #� ��9��#�$�� 13

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SSC: The Science of Talking Sounds of the World's Languages Michael - PDF document

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SSC: The Science of Talking Sounds of the World's Languages Michael - PDF document

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