[outline]
Aug 15
Introduction to this course
Phonetics in linguistic theory
[outline]
Aug 17
International Phonetic Alphabet
English sounds and symbols
[lab links]
Aug 19 (lab)
Introduction to Praat
English sounds and symbols
[outline]
Aug 22
Properties of sound waves
Simple periodic waves
[lab links]
Aug 26 (lab)
Simple and complex waves
Praat: Measuring wave properties
[outline]
Aug 29
Standing waves
Resonance wavelengths
Sept 5
HOLIDAY
[outline]
Sept 7
The glottal-source wave
Source-filter model: Schwa
[lab links]
Sept 9 (lab)
Source-filter model: Schwa
Narrow-band/wide-band spectra
[outline]
Sept 12
Vowel symbols, descriptions
Introduction to vowel formants
[outline]
Sept 14
Modeling vowel formants:
Tube model, Perturbation theory
[lab links]
Sept 16 (lab)
Praat: Formant tracker,
WB spectrograms; F1 x F2 plots
[outline]
Sept 19
Summary: Vowel acoustics
Research questions, hypotheses
[lab links]
Sept 23
Vowel Lab working session
Vowel Lab due
Sept 26
WELL-BEING DAY
[outline]
Sept 28
Discussion: Vowel Lab
Review for exam
[outline]
Sept 30 (remote!)
Fricatives: Articulation and acoustics
[outline]
Oct 3
Oral stops (plosives):
Formant transitions, bursts
Oct 5
Midterm exam
[lab links]
Oct 7 (lab)
Praat: Aperiodic noise
Fricative spectral analysis
[outline]
Oct 10
The larynx and phonation
VOT (voice onset time)
[lab links]
Oct 12
Hypotheses: VOT and PoA
CITI training due
[lab links]
Oct 14 (lab)
Praat: Plosive voicing, aspiration
Hypotheses; Data graphics
[outline]
Oct 19
Discussion: Midterm and Lab 6
Reading spectrograms
Oct 21
FALL BREAK
[outline]
Oct 24
About the final project
Airstream mechanisms
[2]
[handout 1]
Oct 26
Reading a research paper:
From RQs to data and analysis
[article ppsl]
Oct 28 (lab)
Project working session
Article proposal due
[outline]
Oct 31
Digital signal processing (DSP)
Making good recordings
[outline]
Nov 4
Sociophonetics:
Community, identity, variation
[outline]
Nov 9
Phonation types
Project proposal due
[outline]
Nov 14
Speech perception
Analysis plan due
[review]
Nov 16
Review for final exam
Reading spectrograms
[project info]
Nov 18 (lab)
Project working session:
Slides and presentation
[project info]
Nov 21 (lab)
Project working session:
Slides and presentation
Nov 23
THANKSGIVING
Nov 25
THANKSGIVING
Nov 28
Project presentations
Asynchronous slides Tu Nov 29
Nov 30
Project presentations