Articulatory Phonetics

ARTICULATORY
PHONETICS
By:
Aléxia F. M. Oliveira
Carlos Eduardo V. Maia
Maria Luiza Assis
“Phonetics is concerned with describing the speech sounds that occur in
the languages of the world.”
(LADEFOGED, p.1)
WHAT these sounds are;
We study: HOW they fall into patterns;
HOW they change in different circumstances;
WHAT aspects of the sounds are necessary for

conveying the meaning of what is being said.
THE VOCAL ORGANS
HOW SPEECH SOUNDS ARE MADE
Air from the lungs goes up the

If the vocal cords are adjusted so
In nearly all speech sounds, the
windpipe (the trachea, to use the
that there is only a narrow
basic source of power is the more, technical term) and into
passage between them, the
respiratory system pushing air
the larynx, at which point it must
airstream will cause them to
out of the lungs. pass between two small muscular
vibrate.
folds called the vocal cords.
Vídeo 1
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Sounds produced when the vocal cords are vibrating
are said to be voiced, as opposed to those in which
the vocal cords are apart, which are said to be
voiceless.
Note that the air passages that make up the vocal

The air passages above the larynx are known tract may be divided into the oral tract within the
The shape of the vocal tract is a very important
as the vocal tract. factor in the production of speech. mouth and pharynx, and the nasal tract within
the nose.
The parts of the vocal tract that can be used toThe articulators that form the lower surface of
form
the vocal tract often move toward those that
sounds are called articulators. form the upper surface.
Vídeo 3
The upper lip and the upper teeth
• Just behind the upper teeth is a small protubeiance that you can feel
(notably the frontal incisors) are
with the tip of the tongue. This is called the alveolar ridge.
familiar enough structures.
You can also feel that the front part of

the roof of the mouth is formed by a • This is the hard palate.
bony structure.
Most people cannot curl the tongue up • The soft palate is a muscular flap that can be raised to press against the
far enough to touch the' soft palate, or back wall of the pharynx and shut off the nasal tract, preventing air from
velum, at the back of the mouth. going out through the nose.
At the lower end of the soft palate is a small appendage hanging down that is known as the uvula.
The part of the vocal tract between the • The back wall of the pharynx may be considered to be one of the
uvula and the larynx is the pharynx. articulators on the upper surface of the vocal tract.
oThe tip and blade of the tongue are the
most mobile parts.
o Behind the blade is what is technically
called the front of the tongue:
o it is actually the forward part of the body
of the tongue, and lies underneath the hard
palate when the tongue is at rest.
o The remainder of the body of the
tongue may be divided into the center
– which is partly beneath the hard
palate and partly beneath the soft palate
– the back, which is beneath the soft
palate, and the root, which is opposite
the back wall of the pharynx.
oTry to say the words “true” and “tea”.
Vídeo 4
REFERÊNCIAS
• Documentos/textos:
• LADEFOGED, Peter. A Course In Phonetics. University of California, Los Angeles, Third Edition.
• Imagens:
• Google. Disponível em:
https://www.google.com.br/search?q=fon%C3%A9tica&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKE
wjAsuDm4unhAhU5DbkGHSetC9oQ_AUIDygC#imgrc=uN74W9tozoFUbM:
• Google. Disponível em:
https://www.google.com.br/search?q=fon%C3%A9tica&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKE
wjAsuDm4unhAhU5DbkGHSetC9oQ_AUIDygC#imgrc=taHOPwg7hy_1iM:
• Google. Disponível em: https://www.google.com.br/search?tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=S-
LAXMTDGu3A5OUP8YejiAM&q=aparelho+fonador+humano&oq=aparelho+fona&gs_l=img.1.1.0l10.
2791418.2794639..2796111...0.0..0.167.1812.0j13......1....1..gws-wiz-
img.......0i67.m29alOsoDGY#imgrc=OrHq_hJ9bgutOM:
• Vídeos:
• FONOLEGAL. YouTube: Exame Vocal em Cantores Líricos. Disponível em:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLv_O7DuI4U
• VOZ E CANTO. YouTube: Fisiologia da Voz. Disponível em:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoWBZaCdABg
• JUMOSAN2 TÉC. ELETRÔNICO. YouTube: Movimento da Língua quando falamos. Disponível em:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft_-lI6P7Yg
• FONOLEGAL. YouTube: Articulação das Consoantes. Disponível em:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHMSUxfjsC0

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ARTICULATORY

WHAT these sounds are;

We study: HOW they fall into patterns;

HOW they change in different circumstances;

WHAT aspects of the sounds are necessary for

Air from the lungs goes up the

Note that the air passages that make up the vocal

You can also feel that the front part of

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