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.
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