3. Pronunciation
How do you explain “good pronunciation?
What sounds exist in your LS and English?
What sounds exist in one language but not the other?
What sounds are similar but a little different?
How do native English speakers (sometimes)
mispronounce sounds sounds in your LS?
How do native LS speakers (sometimes)
mispronounce sounds in English?
5. Positive/negative (interference) language transfer
What do these terms mean?
Similar traits in L1 and L2 result in positive transfer.
Traits that are *different in L2 and L2 result in
negative transfer.
similar, but different in form, function, frequency, or
distribution
trait that doesn’t exist
corresponds with different trait
7. What is articulatory phonetics?
Articulatory phonetics = physiological aspects of
speech production:
How do we produce speech using our bodies?
What parts of our bodies are involved in making
different speech sounds?
11. Places of articulation
bilabial consonant
both lips touching
/p/, /b/, /m/ in pit, bit and mit
What words have bilabial consonants in your LS?
12. Places of articulation
labiodental consonants
the bottom lip and the upper teeth as articulators
/f/ and /v/ fan and van
What words have labiodental consonants in your LS?
13. Places of articulation
dental consonants
the tongue tip being inserted between (or just touching) the
top and bottom teeth in the sounds
/θ/ and /ð/ teeth and teethe
What words have dental consonants in your LS?
14. Places of articulation
alveolar consonants
different types of contact between the tongue and alveolar
ridge
/t/, /d/, /s/, /z/, /n/, /l/ in tip, dip, sip, zip, nip and
lip.
What words have alveolar consonants in your LS?
15. Places of articulation
postalveolar (or palato-alveolar) consonants
the tongue blade and the palate (behind the alveolar ridge)
/ʃ/ in fish, /ʒ/ in pleasure, /tʃ/ in church, and /dʒ/ in
judge
What words have postalveolar consonants in your
LS?
16. Places of articulation
palatal consonant
the central part of the tongue makes contact with the
hard palate
/j/ in young and yesterday
What words have palatal consonants in your
LS?
17. Places of articulation
velar consonants
the back part of the tongue lifts to make contact with the
velum (soft palate)
/k/, /g/, /ŋ/ in the words cat, got and tongue are
produced when.
What words have velar consonants in your
LS?
18. Places of articulation
uvular consonants
the rear-most portion of the tongue is raised to touch the uvula
(not characteristic of English)
[R] is the symbol used to represent the trilled uvular
r sound of standard German that English speakers
often struggle to master, while [q] and [G] are found
in Arabic.
What words have uvular consonants in your
LS?
19. Places of articulation
glottals
do not use the tongue, lips or teeth and are thus less ‘consonant-
like’ When the vocal folds are completely shut, the airstream is
blocked and the glottis produces what is known as a glottal ‘stop’
(actually a short moment of silence, rather than a sound). [ʔ]
Familiar examples of glottal stops exist in some English accents
(for example, Cockney), in a word like met where the word-final
/t/ is glottalised rather than pronounced (transcribed as /beʔ/).
Although /h/ does not involve constriction or contact between
articulators at any point – the vocal folds are open and the
mouth is in the shape it will need for the following vowel – it is
also conventionally included in the set of glottals.
20. Manner of articulation
The manner of articulation refers to the ways air is
restricted as is passes out of the body.
Voiced/voiceless
Another basic manner distinction can be made between
oral and nasal sounds.
Nine nimble noblemen nibbled nuts
When you block your nose and say this tongue twister –
what happens?
29. Vowels
Vowels are produced by changing the shape of the
oral cavity.
Vowels involve much less restriction of the airstream
than with consonants.
Vowels in English and the case study languages are
voiced but some languages have voiceless vowels
(Cheyenne, Japanese).
Many languages contrast oral and nasal vowels.
33. Diphthongs
The tongue ‘glides’ from one position (or target) to
another:
Front-rising diphthongs
say, sigh and soy
Back-rising diphthong
sow
Falling or centring diphthongs
stair, steer and sewer
34. Australian and New Zealand English diphthongs
Figure 7.14 The dipthongs of Australian
English
Figure 7.15 The dipthongs of New Zealand
English
Source: Cox, F. & Palethorphe, S. (2007). Reproduced with
permission.
Source: Adapted from Bauer, L. et al. (2007). Reproduced
with permission.
36. Quiz each other
Organs of articulation
Places of articulation
sounds produced in English and LS
Voiced and voiceless consonants
Manner of articulation
sounds produced in English and LS
37. For Monday
Short reading
Reading Questions
Monday in class - analyze phonetic system of LS,
explain negative transfer from English in terms of
point and mode of articulation.