Course Description:
A study of the acoustical properties of speech sounds including the basic physical principles involved
in the generation and propagation of sound energy and the phenomenon of resonance; students are
introduced to experimental instruments and trained in the use of the sound spectrograph for the
analysis of speech sounds.
note: the documents below are in PDF format and require specialised software to view. Questions?
Class 1:
Basic Acoustics 1
Class 2:
Basic Acoustics 2
Class 3:
Basic Acoustics 3
Class 4:
Reflection
Class 5:
Mode of Vibration
Class 6:
Spectrograph
Class 7:
Speech Production
Class 8:
Digital Processing
Class 9:
Vocal Tract
Class 10:
Vowels
Class 11:
Fricatives
Class 12:
Nasals
Class 13:
Laterals
Class 14:
Stops
Class 15:
Affricates
Class 16:
Voice Qualities
Class 17:
Japanese Prosody
Class 18:
Impairments
Class 19:
Perception
Supplemetal Documents
1)
Rounding of stops in Mainland Comox: A preliminary acoustic analysis
2) English Prosody