2018-02-12 Pronunciation: voiced and voiceless

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Voiced and Voiceless Sounds
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/s/ is a voiceless sound
/z/ is a voiced sound
/f/ and /v/ are another pair
/p/ and /b/
/θ/ and /ð/ (the ‘th’ sounds)
/ʃ/ and /ʒ/ (‘sh’ and ‘zh’)
/tʃ/ and /dʒ/ (‘ch’ and ‘j’)
/k/ and /g/
/t/ and /d/
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Handout p. 18 exercise 1A - Listen and mark the word or phrase you hear.
1 b
2 a
3 b
4 a
5 a
6 b
7 a
8 b
exercise 2A
1 a
2 b
3 a
4 a
5 a
6 b
7 a
8 b
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Listen and repeat all the phrases. Then work with your partner and take turns pronouncing one or the other, and your partner tries to identify which one you said.
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At the beginning of a word, a single voiceless consontant sound will be aspirated.
This means there is a little puff of air after the consonant is released.
big pig
dire tire
gold cold - It’s generally easier to identify aspiration with the stops /p/, /t/, and /k/.
zoo sue
view few - It’s a bit harder to identify aspiration with fricatives that let some air through.
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p. 21 exercise 5A - Say sentence a. or b. to your partner, who will respond with the correct sentence.
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We don’t aspirate stops after /s/:
pot spot
top stop
kid skid
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pig pick
big Bic
- We often don’t release consonants at the end of a word.
- Before voiced consonants, vowels are usually longer.

writing / riding
- In American English, the /t/ and the /d/ become a “tap” sound: /ɾ/.
- The vowel is still longer in “riding” because we still think of that as a voiced sound.
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p. 22 exercise 6A - Repeat all the words, being careful to pronounce vowels shorter or longer based on voicing.
6B - Say sentences with one word or the other, and your partner tries to identify which word you said.
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We will also talk about /l/ vs. /r/ and the ‘th’ sounds this week.