Lecture 3 Flashcards

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Consonants of english

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Bilabial place of articulation

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P
b
m

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3
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Labiodental

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f
v

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4
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Interdental

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θ - thick as thieves
ð - this and that
only 7% of languages have

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5
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Alveolar

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t
d
s
z
n
l
r

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Alveopalatal

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  • [ʃ] in shell shock
  • [ʒ] in Illu[ʒ]on confu[ʒ]on
  • [t͡ʃ] in chit-chat
  • [d͡ʒ] in jumping jack
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7
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Palatal

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[j] in yin yang

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Velar

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  • [k] in cookie cutter
  • [g] in good as gold
  • [ŋ] in si[ŋ] son[ŋ]
  • [w] in wild west
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9
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Tale of two W’s

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In some varieties of english there are two velar glides
- voiced [w] and voicless [ʍ]
- words spelt with ‘wh’ used to be pronounced as [ʍ]
Preserved in Irish and Scottish english

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10
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Uvular - place of articulation

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Arabic articulates at Uvula but not english
q is symbol for uvular stop of IPA

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11
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Glottal

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[h] - high hopes
[ʔ] is a marginal sound in English
* ‘uh-oh’ [ʔʌʔo]
* Humming rejection [ʔm̩ʔm̩]
* Can also be heard instead of [t] in some
varieties

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12
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Manner of articulation : Oral Stops

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AKA plosives or simply stops
Complete closure in oral cavity - silence
voicelss: p t k ʔ
voiced: b d g

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13
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Fricatives

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Continuous airflow through the mouth
Very narrow opening
Turbulent airflow: ‘random noise’ or static
Voiceless: f θ s ʃ h
Voiced: v ð z ʒ

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14
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Affricate

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stop+fricative
- [t͡ʃ]
- [d͡ʒ]
t and ʃ in batshit vs [t͡ʃ] in ratchet

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15
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Nasal cavity - confusing terminology

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Raised velum cuts off airflow into the nasal cavity
Lowered velum allows air to go into the nasal cavity
Nasals are technically stops
- nasal stops are often called nasals
- oral stops are often called ‘stops’

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15
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Nasals

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m n ŋ

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Obstruents vs Sonorants

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Obstruents: Stops, fricatives, afrricates
Sonorants: Nasal, Lateral, Rhotic, Glide

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Liquids

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[l]
- lateral
- tongue makes contact w roof of mouth
non-turbulent airflow along the sides

[r] or [ɹ]
- commonly known as rhotics
- Pronunciation is variable

15
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Central Rotokas

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6 consontants
Papua New Guinea

15
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Glides

A

[j] (is short [i])
[w] (is short [u])

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25 consonants of english that i have to know

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voiceless segment on left, voiced on right

16
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Labial: bilabial and labiodental
Coronal: Interdental alveolar alveopalatal and palatal - tip of tongue
Dorsal: Velar and Glottal - back

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16
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Ubykh

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84 consonants

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