Course Contents


SPPI Course Contents

Spectrograms

Why We Make Spectrograms
Going from Spectra to a Spectrogram
Finding Formants
Bandwidths
How We Use Spectrograms

Vowel Acoustics

Basic Properties
Measuring Formant Frequencies
Articulatory and Acoustic Descriptions
Constructing F1 / F2 Plots
Physical Differences between Speakers
Variation in Articulation

Consonant Acoustics

Aerodynamic Effects
Degree of Constriction
Place of Articulation
Voicing
Nasalization

Speech Perception

What is an Acoustic Cue?
An Identification Task
Identification Experiments
Discrimination Experiments
Modes of Perception
Explaining Categorical Perception
Testing the Theories
Child and Adult Acquisition

Vowel Perception

Phonetic and Perceptual Information
Normalization
Auditory Processing
Auditory Experiments


Course Credits

Scientific Contributors
J. Berkovitz (Sensimetrics)
S. E. Boyce (Boston University and MIT)
V. L. Hazan (University College, London)
M. T. T. Jackson (Sensimetrics)
J. M. Pickett (Windy Hill Lab)
R. K. Smith (Sensimetrics)
K. N. Stevens (MIT)
The IPA sample recordings were provided by P. Ladefoged (UCLA).

Graphic Design by Jens Jorgensen (Sensimetrics)

Major funding was provided by the National Institutes of Health under SBIR Grant MH51970.