Phonetic Transcription
Phonetic Transcription
Phonetic Transcription
Semester I
2
Sound Segments
• We are able to segment a continuous stream of
speech into distinct parts and recognize the
parts in other words
• Everyone who knows a language knows how
to segment sentences into words and words
into sounds
Identity of Speech Sounds
• Our linguistic knowledge allows us to ignore
nonlinguistic differences in speech (such as individual
pitch levels, rates of speed, coughs)