Phonetics 5: Nasalized Vowels PDF

NASALIZED VOWELS — Can you hear a difference between the vowels in these pairs? bean ban sung — vs. vs. vs. bead bad suck Why/how do we produce nasalized vowels? Your velum has already lowered in preparation for the nasal (remember that the velum can either close off the nasal passageway (oral...

NASALIZED VOWELS — Can you hear a difference between the vowels in these pairs? bean ban sung — vs. vs. vs. bead bad suck Why/how do we produce nasalized vowels? Your velum has already lowered in preparation for the nasal (remember that the velum can either close off the nasal passageway (oral sounds) or open it up) 19 NASALIZED VOWELS — We show that these vowels are nasalized by writing them with another diacritic: [fõn] vs. [foto] — There is no nasal/non-nasal vowel distinction in English; ALL vowels become nasalized when they precede a nasal consonant. — This is not true in all languages, as we will see when we get to phonology. 20 NASALIZED VOWELS IN FRENCH — Oral [a] Þ tired [la] — Nasal [a] Þ slow [lã] — Oral [o] Þ prize [lo] — Nasal [o] Þ long [lõ] SUPRASEGMENTALS: Beyond the segment — Consonant and vowel sounds are the individual segments that combine to form syllables (separatable groups of sounds) and then words, and phrases, and sentences, and so on — Try clapping as you say a word to break it into syllables. Ex: ‘elephant’ à [ɛ.lə.fənt] (3 syllables) — A < . > marks syllable boundaries 22 SUPRASEGMENTALS — Superimposed on top of the syllables are other phonetic features called suprasegmentals: — stress — length — pitch — intonation — tone 23