Phonetics: Understanding Language (PDF)
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This document discusses an introduction to phonetics. It explains how speech is processed into distinct sounds and words.
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WHAT DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU KNOW THE PHONETIC INVENTORY OF A LANGUAGE? ¢ You know how to separate a continuous stream of speech into distinct words and a word into distinct sounds. Mother: holdon! Child: I’m holing don! I’m holing don! We think we pause between distinct words but we don’t. (as anyone...
WHAT DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU KNOW THE PHONETIC INVENTORY OF A LANGUAGE? ¢ You know how to separate a continuous stream of speech into distinct words and a word into distinct sounds. Mother: holdon! Child: I’m holing don! I’m holing don! We think we pause between distinct words but we don’t. (as anyone who has tried to learn a second language in a naturalistic environment is well aware…) SPEECH STREAM ¢ If you look at an X-ray you can see that speech is really a continuous motion of the tongue, jaw, and lips. There isn’t a clear break between words. http://youtu.be/DcNMCB-Gsn8?t=46s WHAT DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU KNOW THE PHONETIC INVENTORY OF A LANGUAGE? YOU CAN DO THIS DESPITE VARIABILITY IN RATE OF SPEECH, PITCH, ETC.
