Each student must complete and submit their own assignment. That means that all components you submit should have been performed and written by you in your own words.
However, we recognize that some students may benefit from being able to work through the technical aspects of this assignment with others. To maintain Academic Integrity: if you discussed this assignment with other students, such as in a study group or group chat, you should credit them by writing their name(s) in the space below and briefly stating how they helped you with working through the assignment.
Record yourself saying the following sets of words. Be sure to record directly in .wav format and aim to eliminate any background noise.
You must upload these recordings together with your assignment.
Then, use PRAAT to draw pictures of the corresponding spectrograms and insert them into the document below. Your spectrogram images should be as clear as possible, show frequencies up to at least 6000Hz, and include marks on the vertical axis at every 1000Hz.
(See the video titled “Drawing Images in PRAAT” posted in Lecture 5 for demonstration.)
Use PRAAT to determine the values of the first two formants (F1 and F2) of the vowels you produced in your recording.
Remember:
(See the video titled “Measuring Formants in PRAAT” posted in Lecture 5 for demonstration.)
Enter the formant values (rounded to the nearest whole number) into the following tables.
Table 1: Front vowels
Table 2: Back and central vowels
Table 3: Diphthongs and potential Canadian Raising
Table 4: Vowels before /ɹ/
Table 5: Potential /æ/-raising
Plot your words on the attached vowel formant chart. (i.e., For each word/vowel, draw a dot where the F1 and F2 intersect and label it with the corresponding word.)
Each student should complete and submit their own assignment. That means that all components you submit should have been performed and written by you in your own words.
However, we recognize that some students may benefit from being able to work through the technical aspects of this assignment with others. To maintain Academic Integrity: if you discussed this assignment with other students, such as in a study group or group chat, you should credit them by writing their name(s) in the space below and briefly stating how they helped you with working through the assignment.
This assignment was prepared and completed by:
I consulted with the following students while working on the assignment:
Answer the following questions based on the formant values you measured for Assignment 2 Part 1:
A good answer to these questions would make clear references to specific formant values and reflect an understanding of what differences in F1 and/or F2 imply.
Spectrograms and Vowel Formant
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Table 1: Front vowels
Table 2: Back and central vowels
