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Phonetics

Phonetics. Acoustic, perceptual, articulatory Limited number of sounds that the human vocal tract can produce Around 4000 sounds (including clicks of Xhosa) Segments Continuous speech signals Foreign languages sound fast Trouble with segmenting…(example apron)

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Phonetics

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  1. Phonetics • Acoustic, perceptual, articulatory • Limited number of sounds that the human vocal tract can produce • Around 4000 sounds (including clicks of Xhosa) • Segments • Continuous speech signals • Foreign languages sound fast • Trouble with segmenting…(example apron) • Ability to understand segments despite slight differences • Differences in everyone’s sounds • Put sounds (allophones) in [ ] • Lack of correlation between English spelling and sounds • Silent letters

  2. Articulators From the Summer Institute of Mexico in Linguistics • Place of articulation: Where the air is constricted • Bilabials, Labiodentals, Interdentals, Aleolvars, Palatals, Velars • Manner of articulation • Stops, Fricatives, Affricates • Voiced or Unvoiced

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