Phonetics Lecture Notes PDF

Agenda — Natural classes — Pointers on transcription — Some additional phonetic properties — Later: sound perception — Reminder: You should have started learning IPA chart for English (very important!) — A guide has been posted Warm up 1) The sounds [i] and [v] share the following features: A. fro...

Agenda — Natural classes — Pointers on transcription — Some additional phonetic properties — Later: sound perception — Reminder: You should have started learning IPA chart for English (very important!) — A guide has been posted Warm up 1) The sounds [i] and [v] share the following features: A. front B. front, voiced C. voiced Vowels in English are voiced. 5 Warm up 2) In English, which of the following are [voiceless, oral stops]: A. p, d, q B. k, p, t C. m, k, t D. d, k, p 6 NATURAL CLASSES — Natural Classes – groups of sounds can be identified by sharing features example: [h] and [Ɂ] share two features They are both glottal and voiceless. — When we group sounds according to natural class, we look for the feature or features they have in common. — We want to include all the sounds we are looking at, and only the sounds we are looking at. 7 NATURAL CLASSES — Natural Classes – What are they good for? — Aspiration in English: [phand] ‘pond’ [band] ‘bond’ [th ʌmi] ‘tummy’ [dʌmi] ‘dummy’ [khen] [sen] ‘cane’ ‘sane’ [gen] ‘gain’ [zeni] ‘zany’ [tʃiz] ‘cheese’ [dʒiz] ‘Jeez!’ What class of sounds gets aspirated (in word-initial position)? 8