24.964 | Fall 2006 | Graduate

Topics in Phonology: Phonetic Realization

Lecture Notes

SES # TOPICS LECTURE NOTES SUPPORTING FILES
Introduction
1 Phonetic realization (PDF - 1.7MB) Audio samples (ZIP) (The ZIP file contains: 5 .wav files.)
Does language-specific phonetics affect phonology?
2 Contour tones (PDF)  
3 Syllable weight (PDF)  
4 Stop voicing and bursts (PDF)  
Models of phonetic realization
5 Rules and constraints (PDF - 1.1MB)

Audio samples (ZIP) (The ZIP file contains: 2 .wav files.)

File 5_anna.wav courtesy of the Ohio State University Research Foundation and the OSU ToBI Research Group, used with permission.

6 Implications of phonetic detail for phonological analyses (PDF)  
Articulatory phonology
7 Articulatory phonology (PDF)  
8 Releases and transitions (PDF - 1.1MB)

Audio samples (ZIP) (The ZIP file contains: 2 .wav files.)

Courtesy of the UCLA Phoenetics Lab, Peter Ladefoged, PI. Source data: http://archive.phonetics.ucla.edu/Language/FLA/fla_record_details.html.

Tone
9 Tone (PDF)  
Stop bursts, consonant releases, etc.
10 Releases and transitions (cont.) (PDF - 1.8MB) Audio samples (ZIP) (The ZIP file contains: 11 .wav files)
Too many solutions
11 Phonetic detail and the “too many solutions” problem (PDF)  

Course Info

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Fall 2006
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Lecture Notes