Applied English for Linguistics --Summer 2010- J. E. Seibert -- TIUA
Warm-up: After Memorial Day weekend and mid-way through phonetics
A: Good morning! How was your three-day weekend? Did you do something special?
B: [answers] What did you do over the weekend, besides study linguistics, of course?
A: [answers] Well, we're part way through phonetics. We've learned about the vocal tract or sound-producing system. In addition, we've learned about the International Phonetic Alphabet and why it is useful to be able to transcribe languages.
B: Oh yes. And we've learned about consonants, which are (1) made with a complete closure or a narrowing of the vocal tract, are (2) voiced or voiceless, and are (3) less sonorous than vowels.
A: Now I remember! We can describe consonant articulation by describing (1) the glottal state, which can be voiced or voiceless, (2) the place of articulation or where the air in the vocal tract is changed to make the sound, and (3) the manner of articulation or how the sound is made.
B: Now we get to learn about vowels. There are so many vowel sounds in English!
A: But we can do it and it will help our English.
B: Yes! Good luck.
A: See you later.
Applied English for Linguistics --Summer 2010- J. E. Seibert -- TIUA
Warm-up: After Memorial Day weekend and mid-way through phonetics
A: Good morning! How was your three-day weekend? Did you do something special?
B: [answers] What did you do over the weekend, besides study linguistics, of course?
A: [answers] Well, we're part way through phonetics. We've learned about the vocal tract or sound-producing system. In addition, we've learned about the International Phonetic Alphabet and why it is useful to be able to transcribe languages.
B: Oh yes. And we've learned about consonants, which are (1) made with a complete closure or a narrowing of the vocal tract, are (2) voiced or voiceless, and are (3) less sonorous than vowels.
A: Now I remember! We can describe consonant articulation by describing (1) the glottal state, which can be voiced or voiceless, (2) the place of articulation or where the air in the vocal tract is changed to make the sound, and (3) the manner of articulation or how the sound is made.
B: Now we get to learn about vowels. There are so many vowel sounds in English!
A: But we can do it and it will help our English.
B: Yes! Good luck.
A: See you later.