Phonetics For Dummies by William F. Katz

Author:William F. Katz
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2013-08-07T16:00:00+00:00

Illustration by Wiley, Composition Services Graphics

Figure 11-1: Rising sounds go up, falling sounds go down.

If you’re musically or artistically challenged, you can build your confidence for intonation contour sketching in these ways:

• Practice. The old saying is true: Practice makes perfect.

• Use a speech analysis program. These types of programs, such as WaveSurfer or Praat (Dutch for “Speech”), can help you analyze the fundamental frequency patterns of the utterances you want to transcribe and compare your freehand attempts with the instrumental results. You’re probably better than you think you are.

The intonation contour you arrive at should look something like this:

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