Lab assignments give you hands-on practice with speech-sound analysis in Praat, experiment design, and/or data analysis and interpretation. Some lab assignments will be done in partner groups.
- See partner groups list (PDF) on Canvas
Lab assignments will start out smaller and become a little more complex as the semester progresses. The point values of the different lab assignments will vary accordingly.
Current lab assignment
Lab #07 | Analyzing fricatives
Due W Oct 15 at 2:30pm on Canvas in Assignments (25 points)
- Lab assignment handout
- Analysis files for Lab #07
- Use German sound files from Lab #06
Lab #08 | VOT and place of articulation in Sindhi
Due F Oct 24 at 2:30pm on Canvas in Assignments (30 points) | partner-group assignment
- Lab assignment handout
- Analysis files for Lab #08 (download and save on your computer to use in Praat)
[sound files available Tu Oct 14]
- Lab #08--Sindhi word sets:
Download all files from Canvas as a .zip archive
- Or visit this Canvas folder to download the sound files individually
- Word list (shows IPA for these words -- plus some others that we aren't measuring)
- IPA chart, for reference (identifying consonant place of articulation)
- Lab #08--Sindhi word sets:
Download all files from Canvas as a .zip archive
Past lab assignments
Lab #01 | Using Praat/Consonants of English
Due M Aug 25 at 2:30pm on Canvas in Assignments (20 points)
- Lab assignment handout
- Analysis files for Lab #01 (download and save on your computer to use in Praat)
- lab01_words.wav - sound file
- lab01_words.TextGrid - TextGrid file
- Additional resources for Lab #01
- LING 520 Praat handouts:
- Download the Praat software at praat.org
- Don't forget to read Praat handout #1 (above) first!
Lab #02 | Measuring sound waves
Due W Sept 3 at 2:30pm on Canvas in Assignments (20 points)
- Lab assignment handout
- Analysis files for Lab #02 (download and save on your computer to use in Praat)
- lab02_thai.wav - sound file
- lab02_thai.TextGrid - TextGrid file
Lab #03 | Tube resonances
Due M Sept 8 at 2:30pm on Canvas in Assignments (20 points) [Canvas link available F Sept 5]
- Lab assignment handout
- Analysis files for Lab #03 (download and save on your computer to use in Praat)
- lab03_tube01.wav - sound file
- lab03_tube02.wav - sound file
- lab03_tube03.wav - sound file
Lab #04 | The source-filter model and schwa
Due W Sept 17 at 2:30pm on Canvas in Assignments (20 points) [Canvas link available F Sept 12]
- Lab assignment handout
- Analysis files for Lab #04 (download and save on your computer to use in Praat)
- lab04_schwa01.wav - sound file
- lab04_schwa02.wav - sound file
- lab04_vs_x.wav - sound file (original source: H. Timothy Bunnell, U. Delaware)
Lab #05 | Vowel formants and wide-band spectrograms
Due F Sept 26 at 2:30pm on Canvas in Assignments (25 points)
- Lab assignment handout
- Analysis files for Lab #05 (download and save on your computer to use in Praat)
- lab05_swahili.wav - sound file
(from the web site for V&C, but reordered)
- Click here to see what the Swahili words are in the recording, or see Table 3.1 in V&C
- Review: Praat handout #4 - TextGrids: Labeling parts of your sound file
- Optional: Blank formant chart for plotting vowel formants (adapted from V&C)
- lab05_swahili.wav - sound file
(from the web site for V&C, but reordered)
Lab #06 | The phonetics of German vowels
Due Tu Sept 30 at 11:59pm on Canvas in Assignments (50 points) | partner-group assignment
- Lab assignment handout
- Lab #06 |
The phonetics of German vowels (50 points)
- Lab #06 grading criteria
- Budget more time than for previous lab assignments — this is a more in-depth assignment
- This lab will be done in partner groups
- Lab #06 |
The phonetics of German vowels (50 points)
- Analysis files for Lab #06 (download and save on your computer to use in Praat)
- Lab #6--German words:
Download all files from Canvas as a .zip archive
- Or visit this Canvas folder to download the sound files individually
- Optional: Blank formant chart for plotting vowel formants by hand (adapted from V&C)
- Lab #6--German words:
Download all files from Canvas as a .zip archive
- Additional resources
- Praat handout #4 - TextGrids: Labeling parts of your sound file
- Vowel chart for reference (modified from IPA for our course)