Phonology

Welcome to this wonderful class about Phonology.  The objective of today's class is to find out as much information as we can about Phonology.  Please follow these instructions:

Create a new post in your blog with the title: Phonology.  Number each of the following points and answer them in complete sentences.

1.  What is the difference between phonetics and Phonology?  (Remember to cite your sources and use your concepts and language)

2.  Identify 3 goals of phonology.

3.  Define this words:  Phoneme, Letter, Digraph, Consonant cluster, allophone.

4.  How many phonemes of English vowels are there?  Give an example of each using any word you like (e.g /o/  as in goat).

5.  What is the stress of a word?  Mark the stress of the following words by underlining the syllabus. 

Table - Happy - Geographic - Revelation - Photography - Critical - Greenhouse - Understand

That is all the work for today.  Be sure to make your blog look nice!

ɪntrədəkʃən tu fənɛtɪks

Welcome to this module of phonetics.  Be sure to make a Post in your blog with the title "[ɪntrədəkʃən tu fənɛtɪks]" BUT IN LETTERS!!!

For each of the tasks of this blog you have to post something, be sure to number your tasks.

TASK 1
Find at least 3 definitions of phonetics. Post them, be sure to say where did you get the information.  After the definitions, write your own definition taking into account what the other definitions have in common.

TASK 2
Which are the three main divisions of Phonetics.  Write a definition for each one.

TASK 3
Which part of phonetics do this pictures and videos share?

This is how we produce sounds.  According to the graphic above, can you say which parts of the vocal tract we use to produce these sounds?

[k], as in cat
[p], as in put
[m], as in man
[g], as in goat
[t], as in take

According to the video which are the main parts involved in the creation of vowel sounds?


TASK 4

Which part of phonetics is this task related to?

Watch this video and answer the questions.


How is a sound produced?

How do humans create vibrations in order to produce sounds with their vocal tract?

In which form does sound energy travel?

What type of wave is sound and what is its characteristic?

Through which mediums can sound travel?

Where do the waves of sound travel the quickest?



TASK 5
The study of the reception and perception of speech sounds by the listener is called ____________________.

Sound waves are converted in to vibration again when they enter our ears.  Which is the order of the organs of how sound travels in our ear?





TASK 6

Congratulations you have finished today's work.  Please write in a very brief paragraph what you have learned today.

Our Epistemology Blogs

Please share your blog with us.  All you need to do is fill the chart located in THIS LINK.  Be sure to test the URL of your blog.

How Do we Acquire Language?

Hello everyone!

The objective of this class is to define for ourselves how do humans acquire language.  It is important to understand different perspectives and then come up with our own definition.

How do you think we acquire language?

Lets watch this short video of how a musician compares the mother language with the language of music:




How does Victor define the way that we acquire a language?

Now, lets watch this documentary about how we acquire language and start grasping your own conclusions.  Be sure to make notes about what specific aspects call your attention.





Based on the videos that we watch today, and Mr. Brown's perspective in chapter 2.  Create a 200 word text defining how do we acquire language.