LINGUIST 2L03
PHONETICS
Fall 2026 · C01
Readings
- eText Phonetics: Transcription, Production, Acoustics And Perception - Lifetime Access Ed: 2ISBN 9781118712887; 9781118712955
Fall 2026 · C01
Topics
- Introduction to phonetics
- Articulatory phonetics (R&J, ch. 2) the larynx terminology consonants vowels
- Phonetic transcription (R&J, ch.3) consonants vowels diacritics and other symbols transcription practice
- Place and manner of articulation (R&J, ch. 4) consonants additional manners of articulation vowels secondary articulations (co-articulations)
- Airstream mechanisms and phonation types (R&J, ch. 6); glottalic velaric (clicks) voicing voicelessness aspiration common and rare sounds (markedness)
- Basic acoustics (R&J, ch. 7) sound waves frequency wavelength amplitude phase (sine ~ cosine)
- Analysis methods for speech sounds (R&J, ch. 8) digitizing and sampling signal types Fourier transforms spectrograms and other spectral representations
- Source filter theory of speech production (R&J, ch. 9) resonance damping filters source and filter of the vocal organs formants
- Acoustics of speech sounds (R&J, ch. 10) vowels consonants variability and invariance
Readings
- PHONETICS : TRANSCRIPTION PRODUCTION ACOUSTICS AND PERCEPTIONWILEY CANADA
- PHONETICS : TRANSCRIPTION PRODUCTION ACOUSTICS AND PERCEPTION Authors: REETZ Publisher: WILEY CANADA Publication Date: 2020 Edition: 2 https://campusstore.mcmaster.ca/CourseSearch/?course[]=UGRD,2259,LINGUI,LINGUIST+2L03,C01&
Fall 2025 · C01
Readings
- Etext Phonetics: Transcription, Production, Acoustics And Perception - Lifetime Access Ed: 2ISBN 9781118712887; 9781118712955
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Campus Store (short title) ↗
- Campus Store reading list ↗Fall 2026
- Course outline / syllabus ↗Fall 2026
- Campus Store reading list ↗Fall 2025