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Course presentation
A brief overview is given below You will need access to the Canvas pages. To register for the course, please e-mail stern@kth.se, and you will receive further instructions. The main textbook of the course is Gick, Wilson and Derrick: Articulatory Phonetics. We will call this book “AP”. It is available as a paperback or an e-book. You will need to order this book as soon as possible.
The first two hours of each session (13:15-15:00) will be devoted to the literature and theory, that you will have read in advance. The second two hours of each session will be devoted to laboratory-oriented practical analysis and simulation of voice and speech sounds. Remote participation will be possible. The second two hours are labs; remote participation may be awkward but is not compulsory.
Session 1: Wednesday 6 April, 13:15 – 17:00.
Readings: AP Chapters 1, 2, 3 (basic anatomy and neural control) + articles
Session 2: Wednesday 13 April
Readings: AP Chapters 4, 5 (breathing and voice source) and handouts (source-filter theory & quantal theory)
Session 3: Wednesday, 27 April
Readings: AP Chapters 6, 7 (articulation in the larynx and the velum)
Session 4: Wednesday 11 May
Readings: AP Chapter 8 (articulation of vowels and two tube vowel models)
Session 5: Wednesday 18 May
Readings: AP Chapters 9 (consonants, fricatives) + articles
Session 6: Wednesday 25 May
Readings: AP Chapters 10, 11 (labial sounds, combined articulation, nasals and laterals).
Headings denoted with an asterisk ( * ) is retrieved from the course syllabus version Spring 2022
Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
(AP stands for Articulatory Phonetics (Gick) and AAP for Acoustic & Auditory Phonetics (Johnson). ) Session 1: Readings: AP Chapters 1, 2, 3 (basic anatomy and neural control). Introduction to VocalTractLab. Session 2: Readings: AP Chapters 4, 5 (breathing and voice source) and AAP Chapter 2 (source-filter theory & quantal theory). Voice source models in VocalTract lab. Session 3: Readings: AP Chapter 8 AAP Chapter 6 (articulation of vowels and two tube vowel models). Articulation and production of vowels in VocalTractLab. Session 4: Readings: AP Chapters 6, 7 (articulation in the larynx and the velum). Session 5: Readings: AP Chapters 9 AAP Chapter 7, 8 (consonants, fricatives) Session 6: Readings: AP Chapters 10, 11 AAP Chapter 9 (labial sounds, combined articulation, nasals and laterals). Production of complete utterances in VocalTractLab. Demo of ArtiSynth, a state-of-the-art modelling system from the University of British Columbia, Canada (Fels et al.)
Intended learning outcomes
Be able to
describe in detail the mechanisms of human voice production
make basic computations of formant frequencies from geometric models of the vocal tract
simulate isolated given words using an articulatory model of the voice organ
give an overview of the state-of-the-art in research in articulatory phonetics
describe the major simulation methods: source-filter, articulatory modelling, physics-based modelling
Learning activities
There will be six sessions on Wednesday afternoons, each with two hours of theory and literature studies, and two hours of laboratory sessions. For each session, each participant shall write a personal reflection on the session. Labs are done and reported in groups of two students.
The course participants will have the optional opportunity of attending a workshop at SU on ultrasonic imaging and MRI of vocal articulation. Link: workshop at Stockholm University
Detailed plan
Learning activities
Content
Preparations
Session 1, 6 April 2022
Basic anatomy and neural control
Read AP chapters 1, 2, 3; read the two research papers; read the Lab instructions
Session 2, 13 April 2022
Breathing and voice source; source-filter theory & quantal theory
AP Chapters 4, 5; AAP Chapter 2; two research papers; Lab instructions
Session 3, 27 April 2022
Articulation in the larynx and the velum (Mattias Heldner, SU)
AP Chapters 6, 7; research papers; Lab instructions
Session 4: 11 May 2022
Articulation of vowels and two tube vowel models
AP Chapter 8; AAP Chapter 6; research papers; Lab instructions
Session 5: 18 May 2022
Consonants, fricatives (Marcin Wlodarczak, SU)
AP Chapter 9; AAP Chapters 7, 8; research papers; Lab instructions
Session 6: 25 May 2022
Labial sounds, combined articulation, nasals and laterals
AP Chapters 10, 11; AAP Chapter 9; research papers; Lab instructions
Preparations before course start
Recommended prerequisites
DT2112 Speech Technology (KTH) or a second-cycle course in phonetics or linguistics
Specific preparations
Please obtain (access to) the book Articulatory Phonetics and optionally also Acoustic & Auditory Phonetics.
Literature
Articulatory Phonetics (Gick) and Acoustic & Auditory Phonetics (Johnson).
Equipment
The articulatory voice simulation system VocalTractLab (Windows, Linux), https://vocaltractlab.de/
Software
The articulatory voice simulation system VocalTractLab (Windows, Linux), https://vocaltractlab.de/
Support for students with disabilities
Students at KTH with a permanent disability can get support during studies from Funka:
EXA1 - Examination, 7.5 credits, Grading scale: P, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
Active participation in all seminars, preferably on location, remote participation will be possible. Completion of reading assignments. Performing simulations of speech sounds during the labs.
The section below is not retrieved from the course syllabus:
Examination ( EXA1 )
To complete the course requirements you must submit all Assignments including the Labs, and have them passed by the teacher.
Reporting of exam results
Intermediate results of assignments are reported on Canvas. Examination results are reported through LADOK.
Ethical approach
All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
