Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The sounds of language:
Phonetics
- Acoustic
- Physical properties of speech as sound waves in the air
- Forensic
- Identifying the speaker by analyzing his pronunciation, accent, etc.
- Articulatory
- How the speech sounds are made
- The general study of the characteristics of speech sounds
- Sounds
- Consonants
- Voicing
- Voiceless
- The vocal folds
don't vibrate
- [p], [f], [θ], [h], [t], [s], [ʃ], [ʧ]
- Voiced
- The vocal folds vibrate
- [b], [m], [w], [v], [ð], [d], [z], [n], [l],
[r], [ʒ], [ʤ], [j], [g], [ŋ]
- The place of articulation
- Where the sounds are articulated in
the vocal organs
- Bilabials
- The two lips touch to
create this sound
- [p], [b], [m]
- Labiodentals
- Upper teeth, and lower lip
touch for these sounds
- [f], [v]
- Dentals
- The tip of the tongue goes behind
the upper front teeth
- [θ], [ð]
- Alveolars
- Sounds formed with the
front part of the tongue
and alveolar ridge
- [t], [d], [s], [z], [n], [l], [r]
- Alveolo-palatal
- Sounds formed with the tongue at
the very front of the palate, near the
alveolar ridge
- [ʃ], [ʧ], [ʒ], [ʤ], [j]
- Velars
- You put the back of
the tongue, against the velum
- [ŋ], [w], [k], [g]
- Glottal
- Sound formed with the tongue
and other parts of the mouth
- [h]
- The manner of
articulation
- How the sounds are articulated.
- Stops /
Plosives
- Stop the airstream, and
let it go abruptly
- [p], [b], [t], [d], [k], [ɡ]
- Fricatives
- Almost blocking he
airstream
- [f], [v], [θ], [ð], [s], [z], [ʃ], [ʒ], [h]
- Affricates
- Briefly stopping the airstream,
and causing friction when
releasing it
- [ʧ], [ʤ].
- Nasal
- The airstream flows through
the nose
- [m], [n], [ŋ],
- Approximants
- Glides
- Voiced sounds. The tongue moves from
or to the position of a vowel.
- [w], [j]
- Liquids
- Voiced sounds. The air flows around
the sides of the tongue, and the tip
touches the middle of the alveolar ridge
- [l], [r]
- Glottal stops
- The glottis gets completely closed,
and then opened
- Oh oh! Uh-uh
- Flap
- The tongue tip taps the alveolar ridge for a short moment
- Represented as [D], [ɾ].
- Used in words such as ladder, latter, medal, metal, writer, rider
- Vowels
- Diphthongs
- Front/Central/Back
- High/Mid/Low
- Auditory
- How speech sounds are received by the ear.