Historical Linguistics

Teaching English Intonation with a Visual Display of Fundamental Frequency Teaching English Intonation with a Visual Display of Fundamental Frequency- Paper on the use of fundamental frequency displays for teaching English intonation. [by Richard Stibbar… A Phonetics Chart for British English A Phonetics Chart for British English- Provides the basic English sounds and the usual phonetic symbols, with examples and downloadable sounds. Margo's Magical Letter Page Margo's Magical Letter Page- Site regarding phonosemantics, the meaning of sound. Phonological Atlas of North America Phonological Atlas of North America- Results of a telephone survey of the major urbanized areas of the U.S. and Canada. Talking Heads Talking Heads- Contains information concerning speech synthesis, vocal tract modeling, facial animation, and the McGurk effect. English Conversational Grunts English Conversational Grunts- Contains speech samples illustrating the phonetic diversity of non-lexical items in conversation, such as uh-huh, mm-hm, nn-hnn, nyeah, m-kay, toget… Infography about Phonology Infography about Phonology- List of mostly print resources on phonology recommended by a professor who specializes in phonological research. How to Pronounce "Ghoti" How to Pronounce "Ghoti"- Brief analysis of why "ghoti" may be pronounced as "fish". Spoken Language Corpus Spoken Language Corpus- Summary of work on spoken language at Göteborg University, including discussion of Modified Standard Orthography (MSO). [by Allwood et al, Göteborg Univers… The SpeechDat Project The SpeechDat Project- Database of recordings of speech in various languages. Speech Web Sites Speech Web Sites- Variety of links to mainly acoustics-related sites. Studying Phonetics on the Net Studying Phonetics on the Net- List of categorized links concerning the study of spoken English. Four Tones and Downtrend Four Tones and Downtrend- Preliminary report on pitch realization in Mambila, a language with four level tones. The Rhythmic Speech Museum The Rhythmic Speech Museum- Concerns rhythm in speech. The Kiel Intonation Modell (KIM) The Kiel Intonation Modell (KIM)- Paper on "The Kiel Intonation Model (KIM), its Implementation in TTS Synthesis and its Application to the Study of Spontaneous Speech." Analytic Listening: A New Approach to Ear-Training Analytic Listening: A New Approach to Ear-Training- Paper on a method for ear-training and auditory skill assessment of students of phonetics. Contrasted Phonology of English and Portuguese Vowels Contrasted Phonology of English and Portuguese Vowels- English, Portuguese, and Spanish vowels are discussed, and possible errors of Portuguese-speaking students of English are ex… Rutgers Optimality Archive Rutgers Optimality Archive- Contributed-content index of Optimality Theory information. Searchable or browseable data, submission and update forms, font and utility downloads, lin… The CMU Pronouncing Dictionary The CMU Pronouncing Dictionary- Machine-readable pronunciation dictionary for North American English that contains over 100,000 words and their transcriptions. Virtual Language Laboratory Virtual Language Laboratory- Online language laboratory providing pronunciation practice and accent correction in a number of languages.