Chapter 2: Phonetics

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Sound files for Chapter 2

• Full IPA chart with sounds

File 2.1

• Section 2.1.1, pg. 40: Praat: doing phonetics by computer, by Paul Boersma and David Weenink, is a commonly used program for acoustic analysis, and is available for free download. (LF 12: pg. 42)

File 2.2

• Section 2.2.1, pg. 46: X-ray film of speech organs in action, by Ken Stevens, and transcription of what he is saying (LF 12: pg. 48)
• Section 2.2.3, pg. 49, top: Video of vocal cords—fair warning: it may look a little gross to some, but it is very cool! (LF 12: pg. 51)
• Section 2.2.4, pg. 49, middle: Interactive saggital section. (An interactive articulatory anatomy is also available as part of the Sounds of Speech app (not free). Free versions of the sounds of German and Spanish are available on the Sounds of Speech website.) (LF 12: pg. 51)

File 2.3

• Section 2.3.1, pg. 57, example (2): Animation of the articulation of English vowels (LF 12: pg. 59, example (2))
• Section 2.3.7, pg. 60: X-ray film of speech organs in action, by Ken Stevens, and transcription of what he is saying (LF 12: pg. 63)
• Section 2.3.7, pg. 61: YouTube playlist of MRI videos of various speech sounds; other fun MRI videos include the following: (LF 12: pg. 63)
  • Longer MRI video of affective speech (same passage read with different emotions)
  • Slow and silent short MRI video, but very clear 
  • "The diva and the emcee:" MRI video of opera singer and beat-boxer

File 2.4

• Section 2.4.2, pg. 62: German vowels (LF 12: pg. 64)
• Section 2.4.2, pg. 63, example (1): French vowels (LF 12: pg. 65, example (1))
• Section 2.4.2, pg. 63, example (2): French oral and nasal vowels (LF 12: pg. 65, example (2))
• Section 2.4.3, pg. 63, example (3): Ewe bilabial and labiodental fricatives and Greek palatal and velar fricatives (LF 12: pg. 65, example (3))
• Section 2.4.4, pg. 64, example (4): Various affricates and the voiceless palatal stop (LF 12: pg. 66, example (4))
• Section 2.4.5, pg. 65, example (5): Hebrew uvulars and pharyngeals and K'ekchi uvulars and ejectives (LF 12: pg. 67, example (5))
• Section 2.4.6, pg. 65, bottom: Palatalized consonants in Russian (LF 12: pg. 67, bottom)
• Section 2.4.6, pg. 66: Lakhota ejectives (LF 12: pg. 68, bottom)

File 2.7

• Section 2.7.3, pg. 85, example (1)a: Video of ASL sign APPLE, Handspeak.com (LF 12: pg. 87, example (1)a)
• Section 2.7.3, pg. 85, example (1)b: Video of ASL sign ONION, Handspeak.com (LF 12: pg. 87, example (1)b)
• Section 2.7.3, pg. 86, example (2)a: Video of ASL sign LUCKY, Handspeak.com (LF 12: pg. 88, example (2)a)
• Section 2.7.3, pg. 86, example (2)b: Video of ASL sign CLEVER, Handspeak.com (LF 12: pg. 88, example (2)b)
• Section 2.7.4, pg. 87, example (3)a: Video of ASL sign TOUGH, Handspeak.com (LF 12: pg. 89, example (3)a)
• Section 2.7.4, pg. 87, example (3)b: Video of ASL sign PHYSICS, Handspeak.com (LF 12: pg. 89, example (3)b)
• Section 2.7.4, pg. 87, example (4)a: Video of ASL sign CAN, Handspeak.com (LF 12: pg. 89, example (4)a)
• Section 2.7.4, pg. 87, example (4)b: Video of ASL sign SHOES, Handspeak.com (LF 12: pg. 89, example (4)b)
• Section 2.7.4, pg. 87: Video of ASL sign KING, Handspeak.com (LF 12: pg. 89)
• Section 2.7.4, pg. 87: Video of ASL sign YES, Handspeak.com (LF 12: pg. 89)
• Section 2.7.4, pg. 87: Video of ASL sign WAIT, Handspeak.com (LF 12: pg. 89)
• Section 2.7.5, pg. 88, example (6)a: Video of ASL sign LIKE, Handspeak.com (LF 12: pg. 90, example (6)a)
• Section 2.7.5, pg. 89, example (6)b: Video of ASL sign WHITE, Handspeak.com (LF 12: pg. 91, example (6)b)
• Section 2.7.6, pg. 89, example (7)a: Video of ASL sign MEET (uninflected), Handspeak.com (LF 12: pg. 91, example (7)a)
• Section 2.7.6, pg. 89, example (7)b: Video of ASL sign I MEET YOU, Lifeprint.com. Uninflected sign MEET is at the top of the page; scroll down for inflected I MEET YOU and YOU MEET ME. (LF 12: pg. 91, example (7)b)
• Section 2.7.7, pg. 90, example (8)a: Video of ASL sign LATE, Handspeak.com (LF 12: pg. 92, example (8)a)
• Section 2.7.7, pg. 90, example (8)b: Video of ASL sign NOT YET, Handspeak.com (LF 12: pg. 92, example (8)b)
• Section 2.7.7, pg. 90, middle: Video of ASL sign SKINNY, Handspeak.com (LF 12: pg. 92, middle)
• Section 2.7.7, pg. 91, example (9): Video of ASL sign HOT, Handspeak.com (LF 12: pg. 93, example (9))

File 2.8

• Exercises for File 2.2, pg. 94, Exercise #9: Interactive saggital section: this might be helpful for working through the exercise on identifying consonants in saggital sections (LF 12: pg. 93, Exercise #8)

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