Use it to keep track of what we've done and where we're going.
[01] M Aug 18
- Covered today: Intro to this course — What is linguistics, and what is phonetics?
[outline]
- Handout - Course information and policies
- To read for W Aug 20:
| Reminder: Use Course Reserves
if you don't have your textbooks yet
- V&C Ch 1, especially sec 1.4 - Describing speech sounds
- V&C Ch 6 - Focus on Table 6.1, showing IPA symbols for the consonants of English (we'll discuss the acoustics information later)
- V&C Ch 3 - Focus on IPA symbols for the vowels in Table 3.1; compare Table 3.2 for American English
- Prep questions: 08.20a, "Course info & policies quiz", and
08.20b, "IPA symbols and speech sounds",
are due W Aug 20, 1pm, in Canvas
Assignments
- Reminder: Prep questions help you work through the assigned readings
[02] W Aug 20
- Covered today: Speech sounds and phonetic symbols
[outline]
- V&C sound files for consonants: download from UCLA | Wiley
- V&C sound files for vowels: download from UCLA | Wiley
- Another option:
Listen in web browser to similar examples from the A Course in Phonetics web site
- Consonants
- Vowels | Symbols under "1" are for American English; "2" are for British English
- Note: This web site may ask you for microphone permission; just click 'No'
- Prepare for lab work time in class on F Aug 22:
Lab #01 | Using Praat/Consonants of English (due M Aug 25 at 2:30pm)
- Read LING 520 Praat handouts #1-4
- Download and install the Praat software on your computer (read Praat handout #1 first!)
- Preview the Lab #01 assignment information and download the files
- If possible, bring your computer to class on Friday for hands-on work time
[03] F Aug 22 [lab]
- Covered today:
- Introductions
- Lab #01: Using Praat/Consonants of English [Lab assignment and files]
- Assignment: Lab #01 -
Using Praat/Consonants of English
- Due on Canvas in Assignments by M Aug 25, 2:30pm
- To read for M Aug 25:
- Read AAP Ch 1, through the end of sec 1.3.1 - Sound waves; simple periodic waves
- Review V&C sec 1.4 on basic properties of sound waves
[04] M Aug 25
- Covered today:
[outline]
- Waves: Overview and basic properties
- Simple periodic waves
- To read for W Aug 27: AAP Ch 1, sec 1.3.2 - Complex periodic waves
- Prep questions: 08.27 "Basic wave properties" is due W Aug 27, 1pm, in Canvas Assignments
[05] W Aug 27
- Covered today: Complex periodic waves [outline] [Padlet]
- To read for F Aug 29:
- V&C Ch 2, sec 2.1, "Tones"
- V&C Ch 2, sec 2.2, "English intonation"
- Also think about AAP Ch 1, Fig. 1.7 (p 16): what do we see here, and why?
- Prepare for lab work time in class on F Aug 29:
Lab #02 | Measuring sound waves (due W Sept 3 at 2:30pm)
- If possible, bring your computer to class on Friday for hands-on work time
- Lab #02 assignment information is available here if you would like to preview it
[06] F Aug 29 [lab]
- Covered today:
[outline]
[Padlet]
- Discussion of prep questions 08.27 - calculating f0
- How languages use f0
- Lab #02: Measuring sound waves [Lab assignment and files]
- Assignment: Lab #02 - Measuring sound waves
- Due on Canvas in Assignments by W Sept 3, 2:30pm
- To read for W Sept 3:
- The second part of AAP Ch 2, sec 2.1:
- Start on p 27 in the middle of the first big paragraph, where it says "When you pluck a guitar string..."
- Read to the end of sec 2.1
- Some web pages with animations that illustrate concepts from the AAP reading:
- "Understand Standing Wave Diagrams", part [1] (from Zona Land)
-
"Wave Interference 2"
(from Zona Land) — try the settings for...
- "Sinusoid 6" (note how the zero amplitude points are in fixed positions when the waves interfere; this is a standing wave)
- "Sinusoid 8" (note how the zero amplitude points are not in fixed positions; not a standing wave)
- The second part of AAP Ch 2, sec 2.1:
M Sept 1
-
Labor Day — no class
- Covered today: Standing waves and resonances
[outline]
[Padlet]
- "Understand Standing Wave Diagrams", part [1] (from Zona Land)
- "Wave Interference 2" (from Zona Land)
-
"Standing Sound Waves" (Dan Russell, Penn State)
- Shows how pressure and displacement standing wave diagrams relate to the vibration of air in a tube
- Focus on the animations in the second section, with header "The solution: an animation to visualize particle motion and pressure..."
- To read for M Sept 8:
- AAP Ch 2, sec 2.4 - "Pendulums, standing waves, and vowel formants"
- This reading gives another look at the material we discussed in class today
- Be careful interpreting the diagrams! The standing-wave envelopes are for displacement waves, not pressure waves!
- Refer back to the animations in "Standing Sound Waves" to help you think about displacement vs. pressure wave diagrams
- AAP Ch 2, sec 2.1 up to p 27 - "Voicing"
- AAP Ch 2, sec 2.4 - "Pendulums, standing waves, and vowel formants"
- Prep questions: 09.05 "Standing waves and resonances"
is due F Sept 5, 1pm, in Canvas
Assignments
(material is review from today's class)
- Use the "Wave Interference 2" animation (from Zona Land) for question #1
- Prepare for lab work time in class on F Sept 5:
Lab #03 | Tube resonances (due M Sept 8 at 2:30pm)
- If possible, bring your computer to class on Friday for hands-on work time
- Lab #03 assignment information is available here if you would like to preview it
[08] F Sept 5 [lab]
- Covered today: [outline] [Padlet]
- Assignment: Lab #03 - Tube resonances
- Due on Canvas in Assignments by M Sept 8, 2:30pm
- To read for M Sept 8:
- AAP Ch 2, sec 2.4 - "Pendulums, standing waves, and vowel formants"
- This reading gives another look at the material we discussed in class Wed and today
- Be careful interpreting the diagrams! The standing-wave envelopes are for displacement waves, not pressure waves!
- Refer back to the animations in "Standing Sound Waves" to help you think about displacement vs. pressure wave diagrams
- AAP Ch 2, sec 2.1 up to p 27 - "Voicing"
- AAP Ch 2, sec 2.4 - "Pendulums, standing waves, and vowel formants"