study how speech sounds are produced,transmitted and perceived
Three branches
Articulatory phonetics发音 the study of the production of speech sounds.
Acoustic phonetics声学 study the physical properties of speech transmission.
Auditory phonetics听觉 the perception of speech sounds.
Phonology音系学
aiming to discover the principles that govern the way sounds are organized in languages, and to explain the variations that occur.
Speech Production and Phonetic Transcription
Speech production
Speech organs
oral cavity
Nasal cavity
pharynx咽喉
IPA. Phonetic Transcription
Its main principles were that there should be a separate letter for each distinctive sound,and that the same symbol should be used for that sound in any language in which it appears.
Consonant and Vowels
The definition of the consonant
it is sounds producted by constricting or obstructing the vocaltract at some places to divert,completely shut off the flow of air inthe oral cavity.
The manner of articulation
stop爆破音[p,b,t,d,k,g]
Nasal鼻音[m,n]
fricative摩擦音[f,v,s,z,h]
approximant近音[w,j]
lateral边音[l]
trill颤音[r]
tap and flap触音和闪音
affricate破擦音[ts,dz,tr,dr]
The place of articulation
bilabial双唇音[p,b,m]
labiodental唇齿音[f,v]
dental齿音
alveolar齿龈音
postalveolar齿龈后音
retroflex卷舌音
palatal腭音
velar软腭音
uvular小舌音
pharyngeal咽头音
glottal喉音
Vowels
Definition
Vowels are sounds produced without obstruction,so on turbulence or atotal stopping of the air can be perceived.
The classification of vowels
The position of tongue
Front v
center v
back v
The openness of the month
close v
semi-close v
semi-open v
open v
The shape of the lip
Unrounded
Rounded
The sound of English
A chart of English consonants
子主题
English vowels
子主题
Phonological Analysis
Phoneme音位
A basic unit of Phonological study
it is an abstract collection of phonetic features which can distinguish meaning.
它是能够区分意义的语音特征的抽象集合。
Phone音素
It is a basic unit of phonetic study语言学
It is a minimal soundsegmentproduce human speech organ can produce.
它是语音研究的基本单位,是人类语音器官能够产生的最小声段。
Allophones
在不同的语音环境下代表某个音位phoneme的音素Phone被叫做该音位的音位变体。
minimal pairs最小对立体
Definition
can be used to find out which sound substitutions cause differences of meaning
可以用来找出哪些声音替换会导致意义的差异。
Phonemic constrast音位对立
Different phonemes
Complementary distribution
Allophones of the same phoneme
Phonological rules
sequential rule 顺序规则
Assimilation rule同化规则
Deletion rule 省略规则
Suprasegmentals超音段
Features
Syllable音节
Stress重音
At the word level
it only applies to words with at least two syllables
它只适用于至少有两个音节的单词
At the sentence level
a monosyllabic word may be said to be stressed relative to other words in the sentence.