Linguistics|Phonetics and Phonology|Speech and Language Sciences|Waves|Acoustics and Optics

SPEECH SOUNDS PHONETICS ACOUSTICS LARYNX VOCAL TRACT ARTICULATORY PHONOLOGY

This module will introduce the concepts, methods and terminology essential to the scientific study of spoken language. It will cover the phonetic description...

Introduction to Speech Science (PALS0009)

This module will introduce the concepts, methods and terminology essential to the scientific study of spoken language. It will cover the phonetic description of speech production, the quantitative analysis of speech sounds, and sources of variation and variety in speech. 

Topics include:

Introduction to the structure & function of the larynx and vocal tract
 Introduction to concepts and terminology of articulatory phonetics
 Introduction to the phonology of English words and sentences
 Audio recording of speech
 Acoustic analysis of speech signals
 Variation and variety of speech sounds
Aims

To provide knowledge of the structure and function of the vocal tract for speech  
 To develop skills in the phonetic description of spoken language  
 To introduce instrumental methods for analysis of speech sounds 
 To demonstrate how experimental methods can be applied to a range of phenomena in speech communication 
Knowledge and understanding

Terminology used in the phonetic description of speech production
 Familiarity with the phonology of English
 Concepts and methods used in the quantitative analysis of speech sounds
 Knowledge of how speech varies across speakers, accents, styles & emotions
Skills

Ability to make a phonetic transcription of English words
 Ability to make an intonational transcription of English sentences
 Ability to make good quality audio recordings of speech
 Ability to make measurements of speech using waveforms, pitch tracks, spectra and spectrograms

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