Organizational introduction

Robert Spence Unit 0 Organizational introduction Getting started in the study of phonetics

English Phonetics lecture given on Goals 31 October 2016 / Course Overview Resources

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Robert Spence Angewandte Sprachwissenschaft Universität des Saarlandes 0.1 Organizational Definitions introduction Robert Spence Language: the noises we make with our faces in order to live. (J.R. Firth)

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0.2 2 To exchange contact details (email) — LIST!

3 To gain an overview of how the course will work

4 To complete a brief survey about previous experience

5 To gain an overview of some useful resources for the study of phonetics

6 To list some guiding principles for the study of phonetics

Organizational The goals of today’s session are: introduction Robert Spence

1 To gain an overview of what this course is about Goals

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0.3 3 To gain an overview of how the course will work

4 To complete a brief survey about previous experience

5 To gain an overview of some useful resources for the study of phonetics

6 To list some guiding principles for the study of phonetics

Organizational The goals of today’s session are: introduction Robert Spence

1 To gain an overview of what this course is about Goals 2 To exchange contact details (email) — LIST! Course Overview

Resources

Books

Internet sources

Fonts

Copy-and-paste

Keyboard layouts

Phonetics programmes

Mobile apps

Principles

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0.3 4 To complete a brief survey about previous experience

5 To gain an overview of some useful resources for the study of phonetics

6 To list some guiding principles for the study of phonetics

Organizational The goals of today’s session are: introduction Robert Spence

1 To gain an overview of what this course is about Goals 2 To exchange contact details (email) — LIST! Course Overview

3 To gain an overview of how the course will work Resources Books

Internet sources

Fonts

Copy-and-paste

Keyboard layouts

Phonetics programmes

Mobile apps

Principles

Envoi

0.3 5 To gain an overview of some useful resources for the study of phonetics

6 To list some guiding principles for the study of phonetics

Organizational The goals of today’s session are: introduction Robert Spence

1 To gain an overview of what this course is about Goals 2 To exchange contact details (email) — LIST! Course Overview

3 To gain an overview of how the course will work Resources Books 4 To complete a brief survey about previous experience Internet sources Fonts

Copy-and-paste

Keyboard layouts

Phonetics programmes

Mobile apps

Principles

Envoi

0.3 6 To list some guiding principles for the study of phonetics

Organizational The goals of today’s session are: introduction Robert Spence

1 To gain an overview of what this course is about Goals 2 To exchange contact details (email) — LIST! Course Overview

3 To gain an overview of how the course will work Resources Books 4 To complete a brief survey about previous experience Internet sources Fonts 5 To gain an overview of some useful resources for the study of Copy-and-paste Keyboard layouts

phonetics Phonetics programmes

Mobile apps

Principles

Envoi

0.3 Organizational The goals of today’s session are: introduction Robert Spence

1 To gain an overview of what this course is about Goals 2 To exchange contact details (email) — LIST! Course Overview

3 To gain an overview of how the course will work Resources Books 4 To complete a brief survey about previous experience Internet sources Fonts 5 To gain an overview of some useful resources for the study of Copy-and-paste Keyboard layouts

phonetics Phonetics programmes

Mobile apps 6 To list some guiding principles for the study of phonetics Principles

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0.3 • The course notes (online): http://www.spence.saar.de/courses/phonetics/ coursenotes201602/index.pdf

Organizational Where to find information about the course: introduction Robert Spence

• The course website: http://www.spence.saar.de/courses/phonetics which includes the slides as shown in the lectures (and a printable form of the slides as well)

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0.4 Organizational Where to find information about the course: introduction Robert Spence

• The course website: http://www.spence.saar.de/courses/phonetics which includes the slides as shown in the lectures (and a printable form of the slides as well)

• The course notes (online): Goals

http://www.spence.saar.de/courses/phonetics/ Course Overview

coursenotes201602/index.pdf Resources

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0.4 Organizational Timetable introduction Robert Spence

Week Date Unit Description

01 24.x – No Class 02 31.x 00 Basic organization 03 07.xi 01 Theoretical introduction (1) Goals 04 14.xi 02 Theoretical introduction (2) Course Overview 05 21.xi 03 Consonants (1) Resources Books 06 28.xi 04 Vowels (1) Internet sources Fonts

07 05.xii 05 Vowels (2) Copy-and-paste 08 12.xii 06 Consonants (2) Keyboard layouts Phonetics programmes

09 02.i 07 Syllables & Rhythm (1) Mobile apps

10 09.i 08 Syllables & Rhythm (2) Principles 11 16.i 09 Intonation (1) Envoi 12 23.i 10 Intonation (2) 13 30.i 11 Intonation (3) 14 06.ii – Revision 15 13.ii – Final Exam

0.5 Eckert and Barry: The Phonetics and Phonology of English Pronunciation. Trier: WVT, 2005

Arnold und Hansen: Englische Phonetik. Langenscheidt, 1998

Halliday and Greaves: Intonation in the Grammar of English. London: Equinox, 2008

Organizational Books introduction Robert Spence

You might find some of these useful (active links):

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0.6 Arnold und Hansen: Englische Phonetik. Langenscheidt, 1998

Halliday and Greaves: Intonation in the Grammar of English. London: Equinox, 2008

Organizational Books introduction Robert Spence

You might find some of these useful (active links): Eckert and Barry: The Phonetics and Phonology of English Pronunciation. Trier: WVT, 2005

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0.6 Halliday and Greaves: Intonation in the Grammar of English. London: Equinox, 2008

Organizational Books introduction Robert Spence

You might find some of these useful (active links): Eckert and Barry: The Phonetics and Phonology of English Pronunciation. Trier: WVT, 2005

Goals

Course Overview Arnold und Hansen: Englische Phonetik. Langenscheidt, 1998 Resources Books

Internet sources

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Copy-and-paste

Keyboard layouts

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0.6 Organizational Books introduction Robert Spence

You might find some of these useful (active links): Eckert and Barry: The Phonetics and Phonology of English Pronunciation. Trier: WVT, 2005

Goals

Course Overview Arnold und Hansen: Englische Phonetik. Langenscheidt, 1998 Resources Books

Internet sources

Fonts

Copy-and-paste

Keyboard layouts

Phonetics programmes

Mobile apps Halliday and Greaves: Intonation in the Grammar of English. London: Principles Equinox, 2008 Envoi

0.6 2 BAD: Concise Oxford Dictionary: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com

3 GOOD: Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary: http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com (don’t forget the ”s”!)

4 On a Mac, the Concise Oxford Dictionary is integrated with the operating system. DO NOT TRUST IT!!

5 Beware these…! WRONG! (words like:) RIGHT! ɛ BET e a BAT æ əː NURSE ɜː ɛː SQUARE eə ʌɪ PRICE aɪ

Organizational Beware! introduction Robert Spence

1 If you are using an Oxford dictionary to check the pronunciation of an English word, make sure it is an Oxford learner’s dictionary – not the “Concise Oxford Dictionary”!

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0.7 3 GOOD: Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary: http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com (don’t forget the ”s”!)

4 On a Mac, the Concise Oxford Dictionary is integrated with the operating system. DO NOT TRUST IT!!

5 Beware these…! WRONG! (words like:) RIGHT! ɛ BET e a BAT æ əː NURSE ɜː ɛː SQUARE eə ʌɪ PRICE aɪ

Organizational Beware! introduction Robert Spence

1 If you are using an Oxford dictionary to check the pronunciation of an English word, make sure it is an Oxford learner’s dictionary – not the “Concise Oxford Dictionary”!

2 BAD: Concise Oxford Dictionary: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com Goals

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0.7 4 On a Mac, the Concise Oxford Dictionary is integrated with the operating system. DO NOT TRUST IT!!

5 Beware these…! WRONG! (words like:) RIGHT! ɛ BET e a BAT æ əː NURSE ɜː ɛː SQUARE eə ʌɪ PRICE aɪ

Organizational Beware! introduction Robert Spence

1 If you are using an Oxford dictionary to check the pronunciation of an English word, make sure it is an Oxford learner’s dictionary – not the “Concise Oxford Dictionary”!

2 BAD: Concise Oxford Dictionary: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com Goals

3 GOOD: Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary: Course Overview

http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com Resources

Books

(don’t forget the ”s”!) Internet sources

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Copy-and-paste

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0.7 5 Beware these…! WRONG! (words like:) RIGHT! ɛ BET e a BAT æ əː NURSE ɜː ɛː SQUARE eə ʌɪ PRICE aɪ

Organizational Beware! introduction Robert Spence

1 If you are using an Oxford dictionary to check the pronunciation of an English word, make sure it is an Oxford learner’s dictionary – not the “Concise Oxford Dictionary”!

2 BAD: Concise Oxford Dictionary: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com Goals

3 GOOD: Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary: Course Overview

http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com Resources

Books

(don’t forget the ”s”!) Internet sources

Fonts 4 On a Mac, the Concise Oxford Dictionary is integrated with the Copy-and-paste operating system. DO NOT TRUST IT!! Keyboard layouts Phonetics programmes

Mobile apps

Principles

Envoi

0.7 Organizational Beware! introduction Robert Spence

1 If you are using an Oxford dictionary to check the pronunciation of an English word, make sure it is an Oxford learner’s dictionary – not the “Concise Oxford Dictionary”!

2 BAD: Concise Oxford Dictionary: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com Goals

3 GOOD: Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary: Course Overview

http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com Resources

Books

(don’t forget the ”s”!) Internet sources

Fonts 4 On a Mac, the Concise Oxford Dictionary is integrated with the Copy-and-paste operating system. DO NOT TRUST IT!! Keyboard layouts Phonetics programmes 5 Beware these…! Mobile apps Principles WRONG! (words like:) RIGHT! Envoi ɛ BET e a BAT æ əː NURSE ɜː ɛː SQUARE eə ʌɪ PRICE aɪ

0.7 • IPA website: http://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/ • An easy place to start: http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPA_chart_for_English • “I want to hear the sounds!”: http://www.lfsag.unito.it/ipa/index.html or: https: //web.uvic.ca/ling/resources/ipa/charts/IPAlab/IPAlab.htm

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationales_Phonetisches_ Alphabet or: http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet

Organizational Internet sources introduction Robert Spence

• Wikipedia:

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0.8 • IPA website: http://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/ • An easy place to start: http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPA_chart_for_English • “I want to hear the sounds!”: http://www.lfsag.unito.it/ipa/index.html or: https: //web.uvic.ca/ling/resources/ipa/charts/IPAlab/IPAlab.htm

or: http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet

Organizational Internet sources introduction Robert Spence

• Wikipedia: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationales_Phonetisches_ Alphabet

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0.8 • “I want to hear the sounds!”: http://www.lfsag.unito.it/ipa/index.html or: https: //web.uvic.ca/ling/resources/ipa/charts/IPAlab/IPAlab.htm

• An easy place to start: http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPA_chart_for_English

Organizational Internet sources introduction Robert Spence

• Wikipedia: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationales_Phonetisches_ Alphabet or: http: Goals Course Overview //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet Resources • IPA website: Books Internet sources

http://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/ Fonts

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0.8 • “I want to hear the sounds!”: http://www.lfsag.unito.it/ipa/index.html or: https: //web.uvic.ca/ling/resources/ipa/charts/IPAlab/IPAlab.htm

Organizational Internet sources introduction Robert Spence

• Wikipedia: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationales_Phonetisches_ Alphabet or: http: Goals Course Overview //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet Resources • IPA website: Books Internet sources

http://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/ Fonts

Copy-and-paste

• An easy place to start: Keyboard layouts http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPA_chart_for_English Phonetics programmes Mobile apps

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0.8 Organizational Internet sources introduction Robert Spence

• Wikipedia: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationales_Phonetisches_ Alphabet or: http: Goals Course Overview //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet Resources • IPA website: Books Internet sources

http://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/ Fonts

Copy-and-paste

• An easy place to start: Keyboard layouts http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPA_chart_for_English Phonetics programmes Mobile apps

• “I want to hear the sounds!”: Principles http://www.lfsag.unito.it/ipa/index.html Envoi or: https: //web.uvic.ca/ling/resources/ipa/charts/IPAlab/IPAlab.htm

0.8 • Charis SIL: http://software.sil.org/charis/ • STIX: http://www.stixfonts.org/ download here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/stixfonts/ • the Brill: http://www.brill.com/about/brill-fonts

Lucida Grande or MS or Charis SIL, or Gentium, or STIXGeneral, or the Brill, or ... Check your computer’s character palette to see which of the fonts on your system actually contain the phonetic symbols (starting at about Unicode code-point 2500 in hexadecimal notation, just keep on scrolling down until you come to the really strange letters...) The following fonts are free, and are worth having:

Organizational Fonts introduction Robert Spence

Make sure you have a Unicode installed! ... e.g. ...

Goals

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0.9 or Arial Unicode MS or Charis SIL, or Gentium, or STIXGeneral, or the Brill, or ... Check your computer’s character palette to see which of the fonts on your system actually contain the phonetic symbols (starting at about Unicode code-point 2500 in hexadecimal notation, just keep on scrolling down until you come to the really strange letters...) The following fonts are free, and are worth having:

• Charis SIL: http://software.sil.org/charis/ • STIX: http://www.stixfonts.org/ download here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/stixfonts/ • the Brill: http://www.brill.com/about/brill-fonts

Organizational Fonts introduction Robert Spence

Make sure you have a installed! ... e.g. ... Grande

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0.9 or Charis SIL, or Gentium, or STIXGeneral, or the Brill, or ... Check your computer’s character palette to see which of the fonts on your system actually contain the phonetic symbols (starting at about Unicode code-point 2500 in hexadecimal notation, just keep on scrolling down until you come to the really strange letters...) The following fonts are free, and are worth having:

• Charis SIL: http://software.sil.org/charis/ • STIX: http://www.stixfonts.org/ download here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/stixfonts/ • the Brill: http://www.brill.com/about/brill-fonts

Organizational Fonts introduction Robert Spence

Make sure you have a Unicode font installed! ... e.g. ... Lucida Grande or Arial Unicode MS

Goals

Course Overview

Resources

Books

Internet sources

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Copy-and-paste

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0.9 or Gentium, or STIXGeneral, or the Brill, or ... Check your computer’s character palette to see which of the fonts on your system actually contain the phonetic symbols (starting at about Unicode code-point 2500 in hexadecimal notation, just keep on scrolling down until you come to the really strange letters...) The following fonts are free, and are worth having:

• Charis SIL: http://software.sil.org/charis/ • STIX: http://www.stixfonts.org/ download here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/stixfonts/ • the Brill: http://www.brill.com/about/brill-fonts

Organizational Fonts introduction Robert Spence

Make sure you have a Unicode font installed! ... e.g. ... Lucida Grande or Arial Unicode MS or Charis SIL,

Goals

Course Overview

Resources

Books

Internet sources

Fonts

Copy-and-paste

Keyboard layouts

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Envoi

0.9 or STIXGeneral, or the Brill, or ... Check your computer’s character palette to see which of the fonts on your system actually contain the phonetic symbols (starting at about Unicode code-point 2500 in hexadecimal notation, just keep on scrolling down until you come to the really strange letters...) The following fonts are free, and are worth having:

• Charis SIL: http://software.sil.org/charis/ • STIX: http://www.stixfonts.org/ download here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/stixfonts/ • the Brill: http://www.brill.com/about/brill-fonts

Organizational Fonts introduction Robert Spence

Make sure you have a Unicode font installed! ... e.g. ... Lucida Grande or Arial Unicode MS or Charis SIL, or Gentium,

Goals

Course Overview

Resources

Books

Internet sources

Fonts

Copy-and-paste

Keyboard layouts

Phonetics programmes

Mobile apps

Principles

Envoi

0.9 or the Brill, or ... Check your computer’s character palette to see which of the fonts on your system actually contain the phonetic symbols (starting at about Unicode code-point 2500 in hexadecimal notation, just keep on scrolling down until you come to the really strange letters...) The following fonts are free, and are worth having:

• Charis SIL: http://software.sil.org/charis/ • STIX: http://www.stixfonts.org/ download here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/stixfonts/ • the Brill: http://www.brill.com/about/brill-fonts

Organizational Fonts introduction Robert Spence

Make sure you have a Unicode font installed! ... e.g. ... Lucida Grande or Arial Unicode MS or Charis SIL, or Gentium, or STIXGeneral,

Goals

Course Overview

Resources

Books

Internet sources

Fonts

Copy-and-paste

Keyboard layouts

Phonetics programmes

Mobile apps

Principles

Envoi

0.9 Check your computer’s character palette to see which of the fonts on your system actually contain the phonetic symbols (starting at about Unicode code-point 2500 in hexadecimal notation, just keep on scrolling down until you come to the really strange letters...) The following fonts are free, and are worth having:

• Charis SIL: http://software.sil.org/charis/ • STIX: http://www.stixfonts.org/ download here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/stixfonts/ • the Brill: http://www.brill.com/about/brill-fonts

Organizational Fonts introduction Robert Spence

Make sure you have a Unicode font installed! ... e.g. ... Lucida Grande or Arial Unicode MS or Charis SIL, or Gentium, or STIXGeneral, or the Brill, or ...

Goals

Course Overview

Resources

Books

Internet sources

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0.9 (starting at about Unicode code-point 2500 in hexadecimal notation, just keep on scrolling down until you come to the really strange letters...) The following fonts are free, and are worth having:

• Charis SIL: http://software.sil.org/charis/ • STIX: http://www.stixfonts.org/ download here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/stixfonts/ • the Brill: http://www.brill.com/about/brill-fonts

Organizational Fonts introduction Robert Spence

Make sure you have a Unicode font installed! ... e.g. ... Lucida Grande or Arial Unicode MS or Charis SIL, or Gentium, or STIXGeneral, or the Brill, or ... Check your computer’s character palette to see which of the fonts on your system actually contain the phonetic symbols Goals

Course Overview

Resources

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Internet sources

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Keyboard layouts

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0.9 The following fonts are free, and are worth having:

• Charis SIL: http://software.sil.org/charis/ • STIX: http://www.stixfonts.org/ download here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/stixfonts/ • the Brill: http://www.brill.com/about/brill-fonts

Organizational Fonts introduction Robert Spence

Make sure you have a Unicode font installed! ... e.g. ... Lucida Grande or Arial Unicode MS or Charis SIL, or Gentium, or STIXGeneral, or the Brill, or ... Check your computer’s character palette to see which of the fonts on your system actually contain the phonetic symbols (starting at about Goals

Unicode code-point 2500 in hexadecimal notation, just keep on scrolling Course Overview

down until you come to the really strange letters...) Resources

Books

Internet sources

Fonts

Copy-and-paste

Keyboard layouts

Phonetics programmes

Mobile apps

Principles

Envoi

0.9 • Charis SIL: http://software.sil.org/charis/ • STIX: http://www.stixfonts.org/ download here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/stixfonts/ • the Brill: http://www.brill.com/about/brill-fonts

Organizational Fonts introduction Robert Spence

Make sure you have a Unicode font installed! ... e.g. ... Lucida Grande or Arial Unicode MS or Charis SIL, or Gentium, or STIXGeneral, or the Brill, or ... Check your computer’s character palette to see which of the fonts on your system actually contain the phonetic symbols (starting at about Goals

Unicode code-point 2500 in hexadecimal notation, just keep on scrolling Course Overview

down until you come to the really strange letters...) Resources The following fonts are free, and are worth having: Books Internet sources

Fonts

Copy-and-paste

Keyboard layouts

Phonetics programmes

Mobile apps

Principles

Envoi

0.9 • STIX: http://www.stixfonts.org/ download here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/stixfonts/ • the Brill: http://www.brill.com/about/brill-fonts

Organizational Fonts introduction Robert Spence

Make sure you have a Unicode font installed! ... e.g. ... Lucida Grande or Arial Unicode MS or Charis SIL, or Gentium, or STIXGeneral, or the Brill, or ... Check your computer’s character palette to see which of the fonts on your system actually contain the phonetic symbols (starting at about Goals

Unicode code-point 2500 in hexadecimal notation, just keep on scrolling Course Overview

down until you come to the really strange letters...) Resources The following fonts are free, and are worth having: Books Internet sources • Fonts Charis SIL: Copy-and-paste http://software.sil.org/charis/ Keyboard layouts Phonetics programmes

Mobile apps

Principles

Envoi

0.9 download here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/stixfonts/ • the Brill: http://www.brill.com/about/brill-fonts

Organizational Fonts introduction Robert Spence

Make sure you have a Unicode font installed! ... e.g. ... Lucida Grande or Arial Unicode MS or Charis SIL, or Gentium, or STIXGeneral, or the Brill, or ... Check your computer’s character palette to see which of the fonts on your system actually contain the phonetic symbols (starting at about Goals

Unicode code-point 2500 in hexadecimal notation, just keep on scrolling Course Overview

down until you come to the really strange letters...) Resources The following fonts are free, and are worth having: Books Internet sources • Fonts Charis SIL: Copy-and-paste http://software.sil.org/charis/ Keyboard layouts Phonetics programmes • STIX: Mobile apps http://www.stixfonts.org/ Principles Envoi

0.9 Organizational Fonts introduction Robert Spence

Make sure you have a Unicode font installed! ... e.g. ... Lucida Grande or Arial Unicode MS or Charis SIL, or Gentium, or STIXGeneral, or the Brill, or ... Check your computer’s character palette to see which of the fonts on your system actually contain the phonetic symbols (starting at about Goals

Unicode code-point 2500 in hexadecimal notation, just keep on scrolling Course Overview

down until you come to the really strange letters...) Resources The following fonts are free, and are worth having: Books Internet sources • Fonts Charis SIL: Copy-and-paste http://software.sil.org/charis/ Keyboard layouts Phonetics programmes • STIX: Mobile apps http://www.stixfonts.org/ Principles download here: Envoi https://sourceforge.net/projects/stixfonts/ • the Brill: http://www.brill.com/about/brill-fonts

0.9 • the character picker at: http://people.w3.org/rishida/scripts/pickers/ipa/ (but beware the old-fashioned naming conventions used there: “high” vowel → close vowel; “low” vowel → open vowel) • another character picker (better terminology, but may need frequent refreshing in browser window): http://westonruter.github.io/ipa-chart/keyboard/ • A copy-and-paste solution will save you having to type the symbols using your own keyboard; but you will still need at least one font on your system that has all the phonetic symbols.

Organizational Copy-and-paste introduction Robert Spence

• http://www.ipa.webstuff.org/ click on: Vowels | Consonants | ... then “COPY & PASTE VERSION” also has links to fonts, keyboards, ... (at top) Goals

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0.10 • another character picker (better terminology, but may need frequent refreshing in browser window): http://westonruter.github.io/ipa-chart/keyboard/ • A copy-and-paste solution will save you having to type the symbols using your own keyboard; but you will still need at least one font on your system that has all the phonetic symbols.

Organizational Copy-and-paste introduction Robert Spence

• http://www.ipa.webstuff.org/ click on: Vowels | Consonants | ... then “COPY & PASTE VERSION” also has links to fonts, keyboards, ... (at top) Goals • the character picker at: Course Overview http://people.w3.org/rishida/scripts/pickers/ipa/ Resources (but beware the old-fashioned naming conventions used there: Books → Internet sources “high” vowel close vowel; Fonts “low” vowel → open vowel) Copy-and-paste Keyboard layouts

Phonetics programmes

Mobile apps

Principles

Envoi

0.10 • A copy-and-paste solution will save you having to type the symbols using your own keyboard; but you will still need at least one font on your system that has all the phonetic symbols.

Organizational Copy-and-paste introduction Robert Spence

• http://www.ipa.webstuff.org/ click on: Vowels | Consonants | ... then “COPY & PASTE VERSION” also has links to fonts, keyboards, ... (at top) Goals • the character picker at: Course Overview http://people.w3.org/rishida/scripts/pickers/ipa/ Resources (but beware the old-fashioned naming conventions used there: Books → Internet sources “high” vowel close vowel; Fonts “low” vowel → open vowel) Copy-and-paste Keyboard layouts • another character picker (better terminology, but may need Phonetics programmes Mobile apps

frequent refreshing in browser window): Principles

http://westonruter.github.io/ipa-chart/keyboard/ Envoi

0.10 Organizational Copy-and-paste introduction Robert Spence

• http://www.ipa.webstuff.org/ click on: Vowels | Consonants | ... then “COPY & PASTE VERSION” also has links to fonts, keyboards, ... (at top) Goals • the character picker at: Course Overview http://people.w3.org/rishida/scripts/pickers/ipa/ Resources (but beware the old-fashioned naming conventions used there: Books → Internet sources “high” vowel close vowel; Fonts “low” vowel → open vowel) Copy-and-paste Keyboard layouts • another character picker (better terminology, but may need Phonetics programmes Mobile apps

frequent refreshing in browser window): Principles

http://westonruter.github.io/ipa-chart/keyboard/ Envoi • A copy-and-paste solution will save you having to type the symbols using your own keyboard; but you will still need at least one font on your system that has all the phonetic symbols.

0.10 • for iPhones: http://tinyurl.com/i-want-ipa

• for Androids look here: http://tinyurl.com/i-want-ipa-android

Organizational Keyboard layouts introduction Robert Spence

• Enter phonetic symbols via your keyboard: http://scripts.sil.org/UniIPAKeyboard

Goals

Course Overview

Resources

Books

Internet sources

Fonts

Copy-and-paste

Keyboard layouts

Phonetics programmes

Mobile apps

Principles

Envoi

0.11 • for Androids look here: http://tinyurl.com/i-want-ipa-android

Organizational Keyboard layouts introduction Robert Spence

• Enter phonetic symbols via your keyboard: http://scripts.sil.org/UniIPAKeyboard

Goals

Course Overview

Resources • for iPhones: Books Internet sources

http://tinyurl.com/i-want-ipa Fonts

Copy-and-paste

Keyboard layouts

Phonetics programmes

Mobile apps

Principles

Envoi

0.11 Organizational Keyboard layouts introduction Robert Spence

• Enter phonetic symbols via your keyboard: http://scripts.sil.org/UniIPAKeyboard

Goals

Course Overview

Resources • for iPhones: Books Internet sources

http://tinyurl.com/i-want-ipa Fonts

Copy-and-paste

Keyboard layouts

Phonetics programmes

Mobile apps

Principles

Envoi

• for Androids look here: http://tinyurl.com/i-want-ipa-android

0.11 • This one is for geeks *g* • Once you have PRAAT installed on your computer, you have your very own phonetics lab to play with.

• You probably already have this. • Audacity can do most of the things you need to know something about for an introductory course on phonetics.

Organizational Phonetics programmes introduction Robert Spence

• PRAAT: http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/

Goals

Course Overview

Resources

Books

Internet sources

Fonts

Copy-and-paste

Keyboard layouts

Phonetics programmes

Mobile apps • Audacity Principles http://audacity.sourceforge.net Envoi

0.12 • Once you have PRAAT installed on your computer, you have your very own phonetics lab to play with.

• Audacity can do most of the things you need to know something about for an introductory course on phonetics.

Organizational Phonetics programmes introduction Robert Spence

• PRAAT: http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/ • This one is for geeks *g* Goals Course Overview

Resources

Books

Internet sources

Fonts

Copy-and-paste

Keyboard layouts

Phonetics programmes

Mobile apps • Audacity Principles http://audacity.sourceforge.net Envoi • You probably already have this.

0.12 Organizational Phonetics programmes introduction Robert Spence

• PRAAT: http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/ • This one is for geeks *g* Goals Course Overview • Once you have PRAAT installed on your computer, you have your Resources very own phonetics lab to play with. Books Internet sources

Fonts

Copy-and-paste

Keyboard layouts

Phonetics programmes

Mobile apps • Audacity Principles http://audacity.sourceforge.net Envoi • You probably already have this. • Audacity can do most of the things you need to know something about for an introductory course on phonetics.

0.12 • analyzes frequency of sound in real time • allows you to see differences [s] / [f], [i] / [a] / [u], etc. • also available for iPhone (see AppStore)

Organizational Mobile apps (1) introduction Robert Spence

Goals

Course Overview

Resources

Books

Internet sources • FrequenSee – Spectrum Analyzer (free) Fonts Copy-and-paste

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com. Keyboard layouts DanielBach.FrequenSee&hl=de Phonetics programmes Mobile apps

Principles

Envoi

0.13 • allows you to see differences [s] / [f], [i] / [a] / [u], etc. • also available for iPhone (see AppStore)

Organizational Mobile apps (1) introduction Robert Spence

Goals

Course Overview

Resources

Books

Internet sources • FrequenSee – Spectrum Analyzer (free) Fonts Copy-and-paste

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com. Keyboard layouts DanielBach.FrequenSee&hl=de Phonetics programmes Mobile apps • analyzes frequency of sound in real time Principles

Envoi

0.13 • also available for iPhone (see AppStore)

Organizational Mobile apps (1) introduction Robert Spence

Goals

Course Overview

Resources

Books

Internet sources • FrequenSee – Spectrum Analyzer (free) Fonts Copy-and-paste

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com. Keyboard layouts DanielBach.FrequenSee&hl=de Phonetics programmes Mobile apps • analyzes frequency of sound in real time Principles

Envoi • allows you to see differences [s] / [f], [i] / [a] / [u], etc.

0.13 Organizational Mobile apps (1) introduction Robert Spence

Goals

Course Overview

Resources

Books

Internet sources • FrequenSee – Spectrum Analyzer (free) Fonts Copy-and-paste

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com. Keyboard layouts DanielBach.FrequenSee&hl=de Phonetics programmes Mobile apps • analyzes frequency of sound in real time Principles

Envoi • allows you to see differences [s] / [f], [i] / [a] / [u], etc. • also available for iPhone (see AppStore)

0.13 • detects rhythmic “beat” of drumming (or speaking) • might be useful towards end of course • also available for iPhone (see AppStore).

Organizational Mobile apps (2) introduction Robert Spence

Goals

Course Overview

Resources

Books

Internet sources • live BPM – Beat Detector (relatively inexpensive) Fonts Copy-and-paste

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com. Keyboard layouts DanielBach.liveBPM Phonetics programmes Mobile apps

Principles

Envoi

0.14 • might be useful towards end of course • also available for iPhone (see AppStore).

Organizational Mobile apps (2) introduction Robert Spence

Goals

Course Overview

Resources

Books

Internet sources • live BPM – Beat Detector (relatively inexpensive) Fonts Copy-and-paste

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com. Keyboard layouts DanielBach.liveBPM Phonetics programmes Mobile apps • detects rhythmic “beat” of drumming (or speaking) Principles

Envoi

0.14 • also available for iPhone (see AppStore).

Organizational Mobile apps (2) introduction Robert Spence

Goals

Course Overview

Resources

Books

Internet sources • live BPM – Beat Detector (relatively inexpensive) Fonts Copy-and-paste

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com. Keyboard layouts DanielBach.liveBPM Phonetics programmes Mobile apps • detects rhythmic “beat” of drumming (or speaking) Principles

Envoi • might be useful towards end of course

0.14 Organizational Mobile apps (2) introduction Robert Spence

Goals

Course Overview

Resources

Books

Internet sources • live BPM – Beat Detector (relatively inexpensive) Fonts Copy-and-paste

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com. Keyboard layouts DanielBach.liveBPM Phonetics programmes Mobile apps • detects rhythmic “beat” of drumming (or speaking) Principles

Envoi • might be useful towards end of course • also available for iPhone (see AppStore).

0.14 Organizational The killer app (only for iPhone / iPad) introduction Robert Spence

Goals

Course Overview

Resources • Click on the IPA , hear the sound: Books Internet sources http://www.uvic.ca/humanities/linguistics/resources/ Fonts software/ipaphonetics/index.php Copy-and-paste Keyboard layouts

Phonetics programmes

Mobile apps

Principles

Envoi

0.15 2 Start with the entire body in its biological and social environment. Sleep in an English-style bed, eat an English-style breakfast, surround yourself with everything English; stand the way English people do, walk the way they do, hold your mouth the way they do. Then the sounds will come naturally.

3 Free up your sound-making. Stop being an adult with desires and purposes and intentions. Just be a child and play. Do not let your phonetics be constrained by anything related to language (such as German sound patterns, or German sentence patterns, or German ways of organizing ideas, or ...)

4 Find someone to imitate. It should be someone quintessentially English. Abandon your own desires and purposes and intentions and just imitate the other person.

Organizational Some general principles to remember when studying the phonetics and introduction Robert Spence phonology of English

1 Imagine you are training to be a spy, and are going to be working in England. A German accent would give you away!

Goals

Course Overview

Resources

Books

Internet sources

Fonts

Copy-and-paste

Keyboard layouts

Phonetics programmes

Mobile apps

Principles

Envoi

0.16 3 Free up your sound-making. Stop being an adult with desires and purposes and intentions. Just be a child and play. Do not let your phonetics be constrained by anything related to language (such as German sound patterns, or German sentence patterns, or German ways of organizing ideas, or ...)

4 Find someone to imitate. It should be someone quintessentially English. Abandon your own desires and purposes and intentions and just imitate the other person.

Organizational Some general principles to remember when studying the phonetics and introduction Robert Spence phonology of English

1 Imagine you are training to be a spy, and are going to be working in England. A German accent would give you away!

2 Start with the entire body in its biological and social environment. Sleep in an English-style bed, eat an English-style breakfast, Goals surround yourself with everything English; stand the way English Course Overview people do, walk the way they do, hold your mouth the way they do. Resources Then the sounds will come naturally. Books Internet sources

Fonts

Copy-and-paste

Keyboard layouts

Phonetics programmes

Mobile apps

Principles

Envoi

0.16 4 Find someone to imitate. It should be someone quintessentially English. Abandon your own desires and purposes and intentions and just imitate the other person.

Organizational Some general principles to remember when studying the phonetics and introduction Robert Spence phonology of English

1 Imagine you are training to be a spy, and are going to be working in England. A German accent would give you away!

2 Start with the entire body in its biological and social environment. Sleep in an English-style bed, eat an English-style breakfast, Goals surround yourself with everything English; stand the way English Course Overview people do, walk the way they do, hold your mouth the way they do. Resources Then the sounds will come naturally. Books Internet sources 3 Free up your sound-making. Stop being an adult with desires and Fonts Copy-and-paste

purposes and intentions. Just be a child and play. Do not let your Keyboard layouts phonetics be constrained by anything related to language (such as Phonetics programmes Mobile apps German sound patterns, or German sentence patterns, or German Principles ways of organizing ideas, or ...) Envoi

0.16 Organizational Some general principles to remember when studying the phonetics and introduction Robert Spence phonology of English

1 Imagine you are training to be a spy, and are going to be working in England. A German accent would give you away!

2 Start with the entire body in its biological and social environment. Sleep in an English-style bed, eat an English-style breakfast, Goals surround yourself with everything English; stand the way English Course Overview people do, walk the way they do, hold your mouth the way they do. Resources Then the sounds will come naturally. Books Internet sources 3 Free up your sound-making. Stop being an adult with desires and Fonts Copy-and-paste

purposes and intentions. Just be a child and play. Do not let your Keyboard layouts phonetics be constrained by anything related to language (such as Phonetics programmes Mobile apps German sound patterns, or German sentence patterns, or German Principles ways of organizing ideas, or ...) Envoi 4 Find someone to imitate. It should be someone quintessentially English. Abandon your own desires and purposes and intentions and just imitate the other person.

0.16 • Send me an email if you don’t get one from me in the next 24 hours. • What do English cricket commentators talk about while English cricketers are having their third tea break? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znmjnEMqHeg • See you next week!

Organizational Envoi introduction Robert Spence

• Don’t forget to hand in your completed survey sheet: http://www.spence.saar.de/courses/phonetics/initialsurvey/ Goals index.pdf Course Overview Resources

Books

Internet sources

Fonts

Copy-and-paste

Keyboard layouts

Phonetics programmes

Mobile apps

Principles

Envoi

0.17 • What do English cricket commentators talk about while English cricketers are having their third tea break? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znmjnEMqHeg • See you next week!

Organizational Envoi introduction Robert Spence

• Don’t forget to hand in your completed survey sheet: http://www.spence.saar.de/courses/phonetics/initialsurvey/ Goals index.pdf Course Overview Resources • Send me an email if you don’t get one from me in the next 24 hours. Books Internet sources

Fonts

Copy-and-paste

Keyboard layouts

Phonetics programmes

Mobile apps

Principles

Envoi

0.17 Organizational Envoi introduction Robert Spence

• Don’t forget to hand in your completed survey sheet: http://www.spence.saar.de/courses/phonetics/initialsurvey/ Goals index.pdf Course Overview Resources • Send me an email if you don’t get one from me in the next 24 hours. Books Internet sources • What do English cricket commentators talk about while English Fonts cricketers are having their third tea break? Copy-and-paste Keyboard layouts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znmjnEMqHeg Phonetics programmes Mobile apps

• See you next week! Principles

Envoi

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