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Understanding Phonetics (Understanding Language) by Patricia Ashby

By Patricia Ashby

Assuming very little heritage wisdom and utilizing unique examples and routines (with solutions supplied), knowing Phonetics presents with an obtainable advent to the fundamentals of phonetics and a complete research of conventional phonetic theory--the articulation and actual features of speech sounds.Examples from quite a lot of languages are awarded all through utilizing symbols of the overseas Phonetic Alphabet. to assist strengthen talents during this alphabet, knowing Phonetics comprises ear-training workouts which are freely on hand on-line, in addition to audio records of actual listening fabric, at www.hodderplus.com/linguistics.

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When the speech organs are in the rest position, there is an inherent alignment between points on the upper and lower surfaces, and the ‘corresponding active articulator’ means the moving articulator on the lower surface of the vocal tract that is in an inherent relationship with the point on the upper surface. 1 Sit quietly for a moment with your mouth shut, relax and breath through your nose. Try to describe exactly what you can feel inside your mouth—what is happening with the articulators. Try this before you read on.

5. Open your mouth and sigh, making a sort of h-sound. Say a long, slow aah! Say ssh! and then imitate the sound of a snake, making a long drawn out s-sound. Imitate the sound of a bee, making a long drawn out z-sound. Make a long drawn out m-sound. Almost certainly, while doing this exercise, you will have detected a buzz or vibration against your fingers for 2, 4 and 5 but nothing at all for 1 and 3. 2 invites you to make a vowel sound, and if you compare this with any other vowels you can think of, you will find that they all tend to buzz.

1 WHAT IS THE LARYNX? We need to start this description with a small amount of anatomy. For general linguistic purposes, a small amount is enough. You often see the larynx (a term familiar to us from when we lose our voice and are told we have laryngitis) described as a box made of cartilages. To an extent, this is true. 1 shows this box-like structure made up of cartilaginous ‘walls’. The front wall is the thyroid cartilage, or ‘shield cartilage’ in lay terms, which is responsible for the ‘Adam’s apple’ (the thyroid prominence) and which is located at the front of your neck.

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