Summary Introduction to English Phonetics, ISBN: 9781474411783 British English Phonetics
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Course
British English Phonetics
Institution
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen (RU)
Book
Introduction to English Phonetics
This summary contains all the important information covered in Richard Ogden's book “An Introduction to English Phonetics” (ISBN: 9781474411783). The bold terms are also explained.
An introduction
to English
Phonetics
Summary chapter 1 up and till 6
Engelman, M.A. (Maud)
28-10-2021
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Content
1. Introduction to phonetics...................................................................................................................4
1.1 What is phonetics?.......................................................................................................................4
1.2 What this book covers..................................................................................................................5
1.3 Ways to talk about sounds...........................................................................................................5
1.3.1. The phoneme........................................................................................................................5
1.4 An overview of the book...............................................................................................................5
2. Overview of the human speech mechanism.......................................................................................6
2.1 The complexity of speech sounds.................................................................................................6
2.2 Breathing......................................................................................................................................6
2.2.1 In-breaths to project talk.......................................................................................................6
2.3 The larynx and voicing..................................................................................................................6
2.4 Airflow..........................................................................................................................................6
2.4.1 Central and lateral airflow.....................................................................................................6
2.4.2 Oral and nasal airflow............................................................................................................7
2.5 Place of articulation......................................................................................................................7
2.5.1 Bilabial...................................................................................................................................7
2.5.2 Labiodental............................................................................................................................7
2.5.3 Dental....................................................................................................................................7
2.5.4 Alveolar..................................................................................................................................7
2.5.5 Postalveolar...........................................................................................................................7
2.5.6 Retroflex................................................................................................................................8
2.5.7 ‘Coronal’................................................................................................................................8
2.5.8 Palatal....................................................................................................................................8
2.5.9 Velar......................................................................................................................................8
2.5.10 Uvular..................................................................................................................................8
2.5.11 Pharyngeal...........................................................................................................................8
2.5.12..............................................................................................................................................8
2.6 Manner of articulation..................................................................................................................8
2.6.1 Stop articulations...................................................................................................................8
2.6.2 Fricative articulations.............................................................................................................8
2.6.3 Resonant articulations...........................................................................................................8
Summary............................................................................................................................................9
3. Representing the sounds of speech....................................................................................................9
3.1 Introduction..................................................................................................................................9
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3.2 Phonetic transcription..................................................................................................................9
3.2.1 The main tool of transcription: the IPA alphabet...................................................................9
3.2.2 The principles of the IPA........................................................................................................9
3.2.3 Types and levels of transcription.........................................................................................10
3.2.4 Systematic transcription of English consonants...................................................................10
3.2.5 Examples of transcription....................................................................................................10
3.2.6 ‘Correct’ transcriptions........................................................................................................10
3.3 Acoustic representations............................................................................................................11
3.3.1 Waveforms..........................................................................................................................11
3.3.2 Spectrograms.......................................................................................................................11
3.3.3 Three types of sound and their appearance........................................................................11
3.3.4 Periodic sounds....................................................................................................................11
3.3.5 Aperiodic, continuous sounds..............................................................................................11
3.4 Acoustic representations and segments.....................................................................................12
4. The larynx, voicing and voice quality................................................................................................12
4.1 Introduction: the production of voicing......................................................................................12
4.2 How the vocal folds vibrate........................................................................................................12
4.3 Fundamental frequency, pitch and intonation...........................................................................13
4.3.1 Changing the rate of vibration of the vocal folds.................................................................13
4.3.2 Pitch and fundamental frequency........................................................................................13
4.3.3 Parameters for describing f0................................................................................................13
4.4 Phrasing and intonation..............................................................................................................13
4.5 Voice quality...............................................................................................................................14
4.5.1 Breathy voice.......................................................................................................................14
4.5.2 Creak....................................................................................................................................14
4.5.3 Whisper...............................................................................................................................14
4.5.4 Falsetto................................................................................................................................14
4.5.5 Voice quality as a sociolinguistic marker: Glasgow..............................................................15
Summary..........................................................................................................................................15
5. Vowels..............................................................................................................................................15
5.1 Introduction................................................................................................................................15
5.2 Reference points for vowels: cardinal vowels.............................................................................15
5.2.1 Cardinal vowel 1, [i].............................................................................................................15
5.2.2 Cardinal vowel 8, [u]............................................................................................................15
5.2.3 Cardinal vowel 5, [ɑ]............................................................................................................15
5.2.4 Dimensions of vowel description.........................................................................................15
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