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The sound of language

The sound of language

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Thái An Nguyễn

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23 Slides • 29 Questions

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​QUIZIZZ TIME!

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Multiple Select

Which among the words below has the initial sound that are alveolars? (more than one correct answer)

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top

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model

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cut

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next

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Type answer...

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Multiple Choice

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Voiceless sounds are produced when the vocal cords are spread apart.

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True

2

False

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Multiple Select

Which of the following words normally end with voiced sound? (more than one correct answer)

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bang

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smack

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splat

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thud

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Multiple Choice

Which among the words below contains back vowels?

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above

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dead

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book

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women

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Multiple Choice

The manner of articulation of the initial sounds in the word “jolly /ˈdʒɒli/”?

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Liquids

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Affricate

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Nasal

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Stop

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Multiple Choice

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Sounds produced with the back of the tongue against the velum are called velars.

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True

2

False

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Type answer...

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Multiple Choice

Articulatory phonetics is the study of …

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the physical properties of speech as sound waves in the air

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how speech sounds are made

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the perception, via the ear, of speech sounds

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Multiple Choice

Which sound is a voiceless consonant?

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/tʃ/

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/dʒ/

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/ʒ/

4

/z/

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Multiple Choice

Which parts of the mouth we have to use to create bilalials?

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Front of the tongue & alveolar ridge

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Tip of the tongue & upper front teeth

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Upper teeth & lower lip

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Upper lip & lower lip

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Fill in the Blanks

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Multiple Choice

Which sound is not a nasal consonant?

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/m/

2

/w/

3

/ŋ/

4

/n/

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Multiple Choice

Which sound is a high back rounded vowel?

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/u/

2

/o/

3

/e/

4

/a/

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Multiple Choice

Which parts of the mouth do we have to use to create dental sounds?

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Tip of the tongue & upper front teeth

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Front of the tongue & alveolar ridge

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Upper lip & lower lip

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Upper teeth & lower lip

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Multiple Choice

Which sound is a voiced consonant?

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/p/

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/t/

3

/k/

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/v/

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Fill in the Blanks

Type answer...

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Multiple Choice

Which sounds are alveolars and fricative consonants?

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/f/ & /v/

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/f/ & /s/

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/s/ & /z/

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/v/ & /z/

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Multiple Choice

Vowels can NOT stand alone.

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True

2

False

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Multiple Choice

Which one is different from the others in terms of manner of articulation?

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/f/

2

/θ/

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/t/

4

/h/

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You have 45 seconds to note down the missing words in the picture from 1 to 4. Then, submit the answers in the next slide.

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Fill in the Blanks

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Multiple Choice

How many in these consonants are voiceless:

/p/, /t/, /tʃ/, /d/, /m/, /ŋ/,

/dʒ/, /j/, /k/, /s/, /z/

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4

2

6

3

7

4

5

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Multiple Choice

Which group consists of all sounds that are produced by the front part of the tongue touching the alveolar ridge?

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/k/, /g/, /θ/, /t/

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/tʃ/, /ʃ/, /d/, /z/, /l/

3

/t/, /n/, /s/, /r/

4

/p/, /t/, /tʃ/, /d/, /m/, /ŋ/

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Multiple Choice

Which set of words ends with voiceless sounds?

1

climb, laugh, dance, tent

2

hot, kick, plague, fantastic

3

teach, learn, bang, live

4

limp, piece, think, research

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Multiple Choice

Phonetics is the study of …....

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the characteristics of speech sounds

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the systems and patterns of speech sounds in a language

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how speech sounds are made, or articulated

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the physical properties of speech as sound waves in the air

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Multiple Choice

...… deals with the perception, via the ear, of speech sounds.

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articulatory phonetics

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acoustic phonetics

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auditory phonetics

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phonetics

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Fill in the Blanks

Type answer...

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Multiple Choice

How many lines in the poem "Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost both end and start with a voiced/voiceless sound?

"Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To know that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice."

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1

2

2

3

3

4

4

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Multiple Choice

How many INCORRECT statements?

1. To describe vowel sounds, we consider the way in which the tongue influences the shape through which the airflow must pass.

2. Front vowels: /i/, /i:/, /ʌ/, /ɔː/

3. Some vowels are voiceless.

4. Bilabials are sounds formed using both (=labia) upper and lower lips (= bi).

5. /tʃ/ and /dʒ/ are both affricates, but the former is voiceless and the later is voiced.

6. Tongue is used to produce labiodental, dental, and alveolar sounds.

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5

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4

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3

4

2

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THE SOUND OF LANGUAGE

by Group 1

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Human change sound into language,

a means of communication

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Recognition of the matching language

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Bus /bʌs/

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Prosodic features​

  • Length

  • Pitch

  • Stress​

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​JAPANESE

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​ビル [biru]

ビル [biru]

ビル [biru]

ビル [biru]

ビール [biːru]

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ENGLISH

​Please

Puleeeeeze

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​Stressed syllables

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​Digest

​Digest

 /ˈdaɪdʒest/ (noun)

(verb) /daɪ'dʒest/

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​The International Phonetics Alphabet

- The IPA

​A standardized representation of speech sounds in written form of any language in use.

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​George Bernard Shaw

- a spelling reformer

Fish could be spelled ghoti

gh as in tough

o as in women

ti as in nation

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​1. Why don't people all use one alphabet, the IPA, for all of their phonetic notation?

​2. Can IPA only be used by linguists?

​3. Why do singers use IPA?

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​Old English

hēo

hit

hīe​

Middle English

​he

​she

​it

​they

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​THE GREAT VOWEL SHIFT

​Between 1400 and 1600, a major change took place in English that resulted in new phonemic representations of words and morphemes

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please - pleasant

​- At first: the vowels in this pair were pronounced the same [eː]

​- Early Middle English Vowel Shortening rule:

[eː] to [e]

​- Great Vowel Shift: [eː] of please changing into [iː]

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​The Great Vowel Shift is a primary source of many spelling inconsistencies of English.

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SUMMARY

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​Thank you!

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​QUIZIZZ TIME!

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