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LNGS 318: Acoustic Phonetics

Credits: 
3

This course deals with the study of the acoustical properties of speech sounds including the basic
physical principles involved in the generation and propagation of sound energy and the
phenomenon of resonance. It also focuses on an acoustic model of sound production by the vocal
tract and the principles and techniques of acoustic analysis of speech. Topics to be covered
include the physical structure of sound waves, the human vocal tract as a sound producing device,
computer tools for speech processing and acoustic properties of speech sounds in English and
other languages.