LINB09H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Vvvv, Mouth, Place Of Articulation
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Vocal anatomy; articulation of basic english sounds: consonants. Transcription: how speech sounds can be written down: part of phonetics. 3 things are used to produce sound: air supply: lungs, sound source: larynx (vocal folds/vocal cords, filters: pharynx, oral cavity, nasal cavity, the shape of the tube will affect the type of sound heard. Von kemplin speaking machine: made in 1793 to show how speech sounds can be produced mechanically. Bernoulli principle: when the air from the lungs goes pass the vocal cords, it causes them to close all the way and then causes them to open up again. The supralaryngeal vocal tract: ( supra = above: pharynx, oral cavity (mouth), lips, teeth, alvelolar ridge: just behind the teeth, hard palate, velum (soft palate): near the end of the mouth, uvula, tongue, nasal cavity. The tongue: tip (apex, blade (lamina): just behind the tip, front: main body, back (dorsum, root.
