Articulatory Phonetics
First, an administrative note: several of you have told me that the bookstore is out of course packets. I'll check into that and let you know what I find out tomorrow.
Here are the points to take away from this reading: You need to be conversant with the IPA, so copy that page and put it up near your computer. You need to know that consonants are produced by an obstruction of the airflow and have an idea where that obstruction takes place (lips, teeth, alveolar ridge, palate). You need to know voice/unvoiced. And you need to know where vowels are formed (front, back, high, etc), so flag p. 254. This will come up again when we discuss Middle and early Modern English. The rest of it is cool, and interesting, but you needn’t memorize it.
Here are some really useful web sites:
This one provides the sounds for IPA symbols. You need a machine with a sound card for this.
Phthong is a game that will teach you the IPA symbols used in English. There are other sites out there, but several of them use the entire IPA (including sounds not found in English), or they use British Received Pronunciation as reference points, which can make them confusing to North American speakers. Spend some time playing Phthong, especially if you don't have the course packet yet. I'd appreciate it if you could comment on this post to tell me how useful Phthong and the other web site were (or weren't) to you. I want the feedback, and it will let me see if the comments section is working correctly
See you tomorrow!
Here are the points to take away from this reading: You need to be conversant with the IPA, so copy that page and put it up near your computer. You need to know that consonants are produced by an obstruction of the airflow and have an idea where that obstruction takes place (lips, teeth, alveolar ridge, palate). You need to know voice/unvoiced. And you need to know where vowels are formed (front, back, high, etc), so flag p. 254. This will come up again when we discuss Middle and early Modern English. The rest of it is cool, and interesting, but you needn’t memorize it.
Here are some really useful web sites:
This one provides the sounds for IPA symbols. You need a machine with a sound card for this.
Phthong is a game that will teach you the IPA symbols used in English. There are other sites out there, but several of them use the entire IPA (including sounds not found in English), or they use British Received Pronunciation as reference points, which can make them confusing to North American speakers. Spend some time playing Phthong, especially if you don't have the course packet yet. I'd appreciate it if you could comment on this post to tell me how useful Phthong and the other web site were (or weren't) to you. I want the feedback, and it will let me see if the comments section is working correctly
See you tomorrow!
posted by Rebecca Brackmann at
4:19 PM
2 Comments:
Hmmm. It's worked reliably on my computer, which makes it hard for me to debug the problem. The program uses Java, and it can be a pretty long time loading. Does your computer have Java disabled? Has anyone successfully used it in a computer lab?
Prof. B
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Rebecca Brackmann, at 5:26 AM
I love this website! I am taking a class on Chaucer at SUNY Cortland and I have to learn how to speak Middle English as a requirement for the course. This game has really improved my understanding. Thank you!
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