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Aug 27
Complex periodic waves
Complex periodic waves
Aug 29 (lab)
Simple and complex waves
Praat: Wave properties
Simple and complex waves
Praat: Wave properties
Sept 1
HOLIDAY
HOLIDAY
Sept 3
Standing waves
Resonance wavelengths
Standing waves
Resonance wavelengths
Sept 5 (lab)
Resonance frequencies
Praat: Tube resonances
Resonance frequencies
Praat: Tube resonances
Sept 8
The glottal-source wave
Pitch (f0) in language
The glottal-source wave
Pitch (f0) in language
Sept 10
Source-filter model:
Schwa f0 and formants
Source-filter model:
Schwa f0 and formants
Sept 12 (lab)
Source-filter model: Schwa
Narrow-/wide-band spectra
Source-filter model: Schwa
Narrow-/wide-band spectra
Sept 15
WELL-BEING DAY
WELL-BEING DAY
Sept 17
Vowel symbols, descriptions
Introduction to vowel formants
Vowel symbols, descriptions
Introduction to vowel formants
Sept 19
Modeling formants: Tube model, Perturbation theory
Modeling formants: Tube model, Perturbation theory
Sept 22 (lab)
Praat: Formant tracker, WB spectrograms; F1 x F2 plots
Praat: Formant tracker, WB spectrograms; F1 x F2 plots
Sept 24
Summary: Vowel acoustics
Research questions, hypotheses
Summary: Vowel acoustics
Research questions, hypotheses
Sept 26 (lab)
Vowel Lab working session
Vowel Lab working session
Sept 29 (lab)
Vowel Lab working session
Vowel Lab working session
Oct 1
Discussion: Vowel Lab
Review for exam
Discussion: Vowel Lab
Review for exam
Oct 3
Midterm exam
Midterm exam
Oct 6
Fricatives, bursts:
Articulation and acoustics
Fricatives, bursts:
Articulation and acoustics
Oct 8
Formant transitions
Discussion: Midterm exam
Formant transitions
Discussion: Midterm exam
Oct 10 (lab)
Praat: Aperiodic noise
Fricative spectral analysis
Praat: Aperiodic noise
Fricative spectral analysis
Oct 13
The larynx and phonation
VOT (voice onset time)
The larynx and phonation
VOT (voice onset time)
Oct 15 (lab)
Hypotheses: VOT and PoA
Hypotheses: VOT and PoA
Oct 17
FALL BREAK
FALL BREAK
Oct 20 (lab)
Praat: Plosive voicing, aspiration
Hypotheses; Data graphics
Praat: Plosive voicing, aspiration
Hypotheses; Data graphics
Oct 22
Nasal stops
Approximants
Nasal stops
Approximants
Oct 24
Discussion: Midterm and Lab 6
Airstream mechanisms
Discussion: Midterm and Lab 6
Airstream mechanisms
Oct 27
About the final project
Phonation types
About the final project
Phonation types
Oct 29
Reading research papers:
From RQs to data and analysis
Reading research papers:
From RQs to data and analysis
Oct 31 (lab)
Project working session:
Article proposal
Project working session:
Article proposal
Nov 3
Digital signal processing (DSP)
Making good recordings
Digital signal processing (DSP)
Making good recordings
Nov 5 (lab)
Project working session:
Article report, project proposal
Project working session:
Article report, project proposal
Nov 7
Sociophonetics:
Community, identity, variation
Sociophonetics:
Community, identity, variation
Nov 10 (lab)
Project working session:
Project proposal
Project working session:
Project proposal
Nov 12
Vowel normalization
Vowel normalization
Nov 14 (lab)
Project working session:
Analysis plan
Project working session:
Analysis plan
Nov 17
Speech perception
Speech perception
Nov 19
Review for final exam
Reading spectrograms
Review for final exam
Reading spectrograms
Nov 21 (lab)
Project working session:
Slides and presentation
Project working session:
Slides and presentation
Nov 24 (lab)
Project working session:
Slides and presentation
Project working session:
Slides and presentation
Nov 26
THANKSGIVING
THANKSGIVING
Nov 28
THANKSGIVING
THANKSGIVING
Dac 1
Project presentations
Project presentations
Dec 3
Project presentations
Project presentations