Phonetics Mia Armour Grand Canyon University September 24, 2006

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PhoneticsMia ArmourGrand Canyon
UniversitySeptember 24, 2006
Running head Phonetics
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Phonetics

• What, Why and How?

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What is Phonetics?

• Phonetics is the study of the sounds of language.

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Why is Phonetics Important?

• Education profession has moved between phonics
  based and whole language programs.
• To teach phonics one must understand phonetics.

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How do teachers use phonetics?

• Teachers understand that English orthography and
  spoken phonetics are very different.
• Spoken phonetics can be translated with various
  English orthography.

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Organs Used In Speech Production

• Lips
• Tongue
• Teeth
• Nasal Cavity
• Vocal cords

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Organs Used In Speech Production cont

• Importance of the mouth
• Aveolar Ridge
• Palate
• Velum

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Features of Linguistic Sounds

• Phonemes- psychologically real unit of linguistic
  sound
• Not sounds such as

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Features of Linguistic Sounds

• Consonants- sounds are produced by obstructing
  the flow of air as it passes from the lungs
  through the nasal tract.

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Features of Linguistic Sounds

• Vowels- produce sound through a combination of
  tongue position, lip rounding and muscle tension.

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Ways to Represent Linguistic Sounds

• Phonetic transcription-process of representing
  sounds of language using phonetic orthography
• /i/ meet
• /e/ mate
• /u/ coop
• /o/ cope
• /a/ cop

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Ways to Represent Linguistic Sounds

• Schwa- unstressed syllables
• Diphthong- two sounds

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Characteristics of Consonants

• Articulartory features- how and where each
  phoneme is produced in the vocal tract
• Place of articulation
• Bilabial, labiodental, interdental, alveolar,
  palatal, velar, glottal

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Characteristics of Consonants

• Manner of Articulation
• Obstruents
• Stop, Fricative, Affricate
• Nasal
• Liquid
• Glide
• Voicing
• Voiced
• Voiceless

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Characteristics of Vowels

• Tongue Height
• High
• Low
• Mid
• Frontness
• Front
• Back
• Central

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Characteristics of Vowels
Tenseness -Tense -Lax Roundedness -Rounded -
Unrounded Diphthongs
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Implement

• ELL (English Language Learners)
• Differientiated Instruction
• Enrichment
• Modifications
• Accommodations

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References

• Grand Canyon University. (2005). Reading 535
  Lecture Three. Phoenix, AZ. Grand
• Canyon University.
• Justice, Paul W. (2004). Relevant Linguistics An
  Introduction to the Structure and Use of English
  for Teachers. Stanford, CA CSLI Publications.