L541: Introductory Phonetics

Lab Sessions, Spring 2013

 

 [General Information]

 

Welcome to the Introductory Phonetics Lab sessions!  

 

Announcements:

Please visit this site regularly for updates regarding lab sessions!

Information on the class schedule and lecture handouts can be found at: http://www.iub.edu/~l541/schedule.htm

General information and the course syllabus can be found at: http://www.indiana.edu/~l541/index.htm

 

What can you find on this site?

-       The lab schedule will be updated on a weekly basis. Information on lab discussions topics and lab activities will be posted here.

-       Homework and other materials connected with lab sessions will be uploaded to this site.

-       You will also be able to find resources for the group Term Project.

 

General Information:

Lab Syllabus (pdf)

General project guidelines (pdf)

 

Questions? Contact Information:

Chung-Lin (Martin) Yang                                                                          

Email: cy1 AT indiana DOT edu                                                   

Office: MM 406                                                                       

Office Hours: Monday 2:00-4:00    

 

Lab Schedule (Tentative; last updated – 4/15/2013):

 

Week

Date

Topics

Homework Assignments

Project timeline and resources

1

Jan 10/11

·      Classmate introductions

·      Overview

·    IPA

 

 Week 1 Slides

 

Homework 1 (pdf)

hw1.wav

Start to think about groups

 

Getting started (pdf)

Step 1: Groups and Draft Sketch (pdf)

Tips for Topics (pdf)

Timeline (pdf)

 

2

Jan 17/18

·      Project discussion

·   Consonants, sagittal section

·   Praat exercise (sentence.wav)

 

 

Week 2 Slides

Due: Homework 1

 

Homework 2 (pdf)

hw2_1.wav

 hw2_3.wav

 

 

 

Groups and Draft Sketch 

Due next Friday (1/25) 5pm

3

Jan 24/25

·     Practice transcription (in groups)

AE Vowels.wav

AE Vowels.pdf

 

·     Praat exercise: measurements, plotting vowels, and recording (tutorial)

 

Week 3 Slides

 

 

Due: Homework 2

 

Homework 3 (pdf)

hw3_1.wav

 

 

Draft Sketch due Friday at 5pm 

(e-mail to both Dr. de Jong and Martin)

 

4

Jan 31/Feb 1

·     Cardinal vowels

·     Practice transcription (in groups)

    British English vowels.wav

·     Vowel duration measurements

week4lab.zip

 

  Week 4 slides

 

 

Due: Homework 3

 

Homework 4 (pdf)

hw4_1.wav

hw4_2.wav 

Decide on project topic and sharpen it

Step 2: Final Sketch (pdf)

Due Feb 8 at 5pm

 

 

5

Feb 7/8

·     Transcription exercise: cardinal vowels and unfamiliar language (in groups)

    vowel_exercise_week_5.wav

     Southern-Min Chinese.wav

·     More duration measurements

Measure duration in hVd

·     Plotting in Excel

    duration_template.xlsx

 

  Week 5 slides

 

Due: Homework 4

 

Homework 5 (pdf)

hw5_1.wav

hw5_2.wav 

 

Start thinking about Prospectus

-   Step 3: Prospectus (pdf)

-   Due Friday, February 22 at 5pm (e-mail to both Dr. de Jong and Martin)

-   Sample Prospectus (pdf)

 

Human Subjects Testing (CITI training due Feb 28/ Mar 1)

 

*** Turn in Final Sketch by Friday at 5pm 

(e-mail Final Sketch to both Dr. de Jong and Martin)

 

6

Feb 14/15

·      Discuss Transcription Exam I

·      Consonants

·      Formant measurements

·      Plotting in Excel

     Creating a vowel chart

    Plotting template.xlsx

 

Week 6 slides

 

Due: Homework 5

 

Homework 6 (pdf)

hw6_1.wav

hw6_3.wav 

 

 

Prospectus (pdf)

-  Due Friday, February 22 at 5pm (e-mail to both Dr. de Jong and Martin)

 

 

 

7

Feb 21/22

·     Transcription Exam I

 

·      VOT, voice quality contrast

 

Week 7 slides

 

 

Due: Homework 6

 

 

Transcription Exam I (Take-home) 

boston_dialect.wav

Prospectus (pdf)

-  Due Friday, February 22 at 5pm (e-mail to both Dr. de Jong and Martin)

 

CITI Training

-  Due Feb 28/ Mar 1

 

8

Feb 28/Mar 1

·     Tour of the Linguistics recording room

·      Experimental design

·      Articulatory gestures

 

Week 8 slides

 

Due: Transcription Exam

 

Homework 7 (pdf)

hw7_1.wav

 

 

CITI Training

-  Due Feb 28/ Mar 1

 (Email your certificate of completion to Martin)

9

Mar 7/8

·   Tones and F0

·    Articulatory gestures of clicks and ejectives

·   Vowel durational contrast

 

Week 9 slides

 

Due: Homework 7

 

Homework 8 (pdf)

hw8_2.wav

 

 

Final Prospectus (pdf)

-  Due Friday, March 8 at 5pm (e-mail to both Dr. de Jong and Martin)

 

Spring Break

10

Mar 21/22

 ·   Zulu tones

 ·   ToBI

 ·   Quantity

 

Week 10 slides

Due: Homework 8

 

Homework 9 (pdf)

HW9.zip 

Collect Data (pdf)

11

Mar 28/29

Estimating F0

 

Week 11 slides

Due: Homework 9

 

Homework 10 (pdf)

hw10_1.wav

hw10_2.wav  

Collect Data – Finish data collection

12

Apr 4/5

·  Transcription Exam II (in-class)

  ·   Formant measurement

      sheet_shoot.wav

  ·   Project discussion

 

 Week 12 slides

Due: Homework 10

 

Transcription Exam II (take-home)

 TE2.wav

Due Friday at 5pm (e-mail to Dr. de Jong and Martin):

Measurement and Analysis Scheme (pdf)

 

13

Apr 11/12

·  Revisit F0

·  Perception of formant transitions

·  More Excel

 demo.xls

 Week 13 slides

Due: Transcription Exam II

 

Summary Figures (pdf)

14

Apr 18/19

 Project meeting

 

Due Friday at 5pm (e-mail to Dr. de Jong and Martin):

Summary Figures (pdf)

 

15

April 25/26

Project meeting

 

Final paper (pdf)