Phonetics Chapter 1

Phonetics

• Articulatory phonetics focuses on the sender (speaker) and the articulation of sounds.
• Acoustic phonetics deals with the physical properties of sound, measured in hertz, and can be analyzed using software like Praat.org.

Types of Phonetics

• There are three kinds of phonetics: articulatory, acoustic, and auditory phonetics.

Auditory Phonetics

• Auditory phonetics relates to the receiver (listener) and involves the decoding of audio signals.
• It involves mental matching activity, where the listener matches sounds to mental representations, based on probabilities.

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Kinds of Phonetics

• Articulatory phonetics focuses on the production of sounds by the speaker, involving articulation, and is the most relevant aspect for this class.

Types of Phonetics

• There are three main kinds of phonetics: Articulatory phonetics, Acoustic phonetics, and Auditory phonetics.

Articulatory Phonetics

• Deals with the sender (speaker) aspect of phonetics.

Acoustic Phonetics

• Concerned with the physical properties of sounds as air waves.
• Sounds are measured in Hertz.
• Praat software (<a href="http://www.praat.org/">http://www.praat.org/</a>) is used in acoustic phonetics.

Auditory Phonetics

• Involves the receiver (listener) aspect of phonetics.
• Deals with the impression upon the hearer (perception).
• Involves the decoding of audio impression, not a one-by-one process, but rather in 'chunks' of sounds.
• This process is driven by mental matching activity based on expectations (probabilities).

This quiz covers the basics of phonetics, including articulatory and acoustic phonetics, types of phonetics, and the physical properties of sounds. It's relevant for understanding the production and perception of speech.