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## Phonetics
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Ineternation Phonetic Alphabet (IPA): Different sounds for same alphabets.
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### Ineternation Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
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Write IPA in [square brackets] for phonetic transcription.
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Different levels of specificity of transcription.
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| Manner \ Place | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal |
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| ------------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------------ | ------------ | --------- | ------- | ----------- | ------ | ---------- | ------- |
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| Plosive | **p** **b** | | | **t** **d** | | ʈ ɖ | c ɟ | **k** **g** | q ɢ | | **ʔ** |
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| Nasal | **m** | ɱ | | **n** | | ɳ | ɲ | **ŋ** | ɴ | | |
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| Trill | ʙ | | | r | | | | | ʀ | | |
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| Tap / Flap | | | | **ɾ** | | ɽ | | | | | |
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| Fricative | ɸ β | **f** **v** | **θ** **ð** | **s** **z** | **ʃ** **ʒ** | ʂ ʐ | ç ʝ | x ɣ | χ ʁ | ħ ʕ | **h** ɦ |
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| Lateral fricative |||| ɬ ɮ ||| | | | | |
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| Approximant | | ʋ | | **ɹ** | | ɻ | **j** | ɰ | | | |
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| Lateral approximant | | | | **l** | | ɭ | ʎ | ʟ | | | |
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Bold ones are in English. There are different levels of specificity of transcription.
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#### what is phonetics?
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branch of linguistics that focuses on the inventory and structure of speech sounds
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#### What do phoneticians study?
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Articulatory Phonetics: How speech sounds are produces
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### Speech production system
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#### Speech production system
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Move different part of mouth for different sounds.
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#### How do we peoduce speech?
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- The Vocal Tract
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![](images/02-1.png) Image of human vocal tract, from [ link](https://www.researchgate.net/figure/PA-articulation-points-left-Human-vocal-tract-right-IPA-vowels-consonants_fig2_357296500).
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#### Consonants
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## Consonants
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Three key features:
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- Voicing
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- Voiced: Vibrating (Vowels in English are voiced)
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- Voiceless: Held apart not vibrating
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- Place of articulation
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- Bilabial
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- Oral: [$\textipa{p}$], [$\textipa{b}$], [$\textipa{w}$]
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- Nasal: [$\textipa{m}$]
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- m
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- Oral: [p] [b] [w]
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- Nasal: [m]
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- Labiodental
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- [$\textipa{f}$], [$\textipa{v}$]
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- [f] [v]
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- Interdental
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- [$\textipa{\theta}$], [$\textipa{\eth}$]
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- [θ] [ð]
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- Alveolar
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- Oral: [$\textipa{t}$], [$\textipa{d}$], [$\textipa{s}$], [$\textipa{z}$], [$\textipa{l}$], [$\textipa{\*r}$]
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- Nasal: [$\textipa{n}$]
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- Post-Alveolar
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- [$\textipa{S}$], [$\textipa{tS}$], [$\textipa{N}$], [$\textipa{dN}$]
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- Oral: [t] [d] [s] [z] [l] [ɹ]
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- Nasal: [n]
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- Postalveolar
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- [ʃ] [ʒ] [t͡ʃ] [d͡ʒ]
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- Palatal
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- [$\textipa{j}$]
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- [j]
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- Velar
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- Oral: [$\textipa{k}$], [$\textipa{g}$]
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- Nasal: [$\textipa{\engma}$]
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- Uvular
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- Oral: [k] [g]
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- Nasal: [ŋ]
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- Glottal
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- h
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- [h] [ʔ]
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- Manner of articulation
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- Airflow at the place of articulation
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- Completely obstructed (**consonants**)
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**Describe: Voicing, place, manner**
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Natural Classes:
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Obstruents:
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- Stops
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- Affricates
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- Fricatives
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Sonorants:
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Rest.
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Noncontinuants:
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Obstruents + Nasal
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Approximants:
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rest.
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Siblents.
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Simone
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$\textipa{sim\~oun}$
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Linguistics
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[liNgwistiks]
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#### Natural Classes:
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| | **Obstruent** | **Sonorant** | **Noncontinuant** | **Approximant** | **Sibilant** |
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| :----------: | :-----------: | :----------: | :---------------: | :-------------: | :----------: |
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| Stop | x | | x | | |
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| Affricate | x | | x | | x |
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| Fricative | x | | | | x |
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| Nasal | | x | x | | |
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| Approximant | | x | | x | |
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