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Phonetics
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Undergraduate 2
05/29/2012

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Describe the speech chain?
Definition
Linguistic level- phisological level-acoustic level-phisological level- lingustical level.
Term
Describe a sound wave
Definition
Pressure changes, like ripples on a pond, alternating high and low pressures,compressed then rarerified,move in all directions. Die away at one square of distances. e.g. double the distance quarter the loudness.
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Sine wave?
Definition
Frequecy per second- Hz.
Velocity= wavelength x frequency
frequency = velocity/wavelength
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Complex waves?
Definition
Speech waves are complex waves.
Describing them= frequency of repitition; or fundamental frequency.
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