Demos for Physiological Phonetics

This is a collection of demos that I have used for teaching courses in physiological phonetics (a.k.a. articulatory phonetics, experimental phonetics)
The demos are grouped firstly by the main sub-systems larynx, pharynx, velum, tongue, lips/jaw.
The final group is for overall views of articulation and the vocal tract.

Technical note: Many demos originally consisted of a PDF file which in turn contained links to QuickTime movies etc.
Accordingly, there are now many situations in which these links will not work correctly.
New versions of the demos are being made available, based on HTML files with .mp4 movies that can be played directly in the browser. These are referred to below as "Browser Version".
The original versions with additional direct links to the QuickTime movies are referred to as "Old Version".
(In cases where the demo simply consists of a film without additional notes then if possible alternative links to mp4 and mov versions are made available.)

See also: Language demos

Larynx

PDF Larynx anatomy (Sobotta)

Laryngeal forces and films of excised larynx
HTML Browser Version
PDF Schematic view of laryngeal forces

========== Old version ==========
Links to QuickTime versions of the individual clips:

  •   MOV abduction and adduction; MOV medial compression; MOV longitudinal tension; MOV arytenoid movement (additional views)
  •   PDF text of movie soundtracks, and movie credits
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    PDF The layered structure of the vocal folds

    MP4, MOV Video of larynx using rigid endoscope

    Laryngeal movements in running speech: the devoicing gesture (fiberscopic video)
    HTML Browser version
    ========== Old version ==========
    MOV full movie, normal speed
    MOV slow motion excerpt
    PDF Explanatory notes on the film
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    Animation of vocal fold vibration (and notes on Bernoulli effect)
    MP4, AVI, MOV Animation
    PDF Explanatory notes

    High-speed films of vocal fold vibration
    HTML Browser Version (comments and links to films)

    ========== Old version ==========
    PDF PDF version of comments
    Direct links to QuickTime version of films:
    Female speaker, soft onset to phonation:

  •   MOV film 1419, overview; MOV film 1419, detail
    Male speaker, hard onset to phonation:
  •   MOV film 0124, overview; MOV film 0124, detail
    Male speaker, even harder onset to phonation:
  •   MOV film 0125, overview; MOV film 0125, detail
    Female speaker, paralysis of right laryngeal nerve:
  •   MOV film 1404, overview; MOV film 1404, detail
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    PDF Why the Bernoulli effect matters in everyday life

    MP4, MOV Endoscopic film of larynx of trombone player

    Voiceless words in Berber; fiberscopic film of larynx
    HTML Browser Version; MOV QuickTime

    PDF Electromyography of the larynx

    PDF Laryngoscopic view of creaky and breathy voice

    PDF Phonation types: Electroglottographic examples

    PDF Vowel-related differences in larynx height

    Pharynx

    PDF Pharynx anatomy (Sobotta)

    HTML Pharyngeal and epiglottal articulations: Esling’s systematisation, with extensive demonstration of aryepiglottic mechanism (endoscopic films)

    Velum

    Velar movements in speech (endoscopic film)
    HTML Browser version
    MOV, PDF Old version

    For velar movement, see also these demos (under "Overall views of articulation and the vocal tract"):
    Real-time MRI for speech movements (with an emphasis on velar movement)
    Xray films of speech movements

    Tongue

    PDF Lingual anatomy (Sobotta); PDF Lingual anatomy (Takemoto)

    MP4, MOV Animations of 3D tongue shape for vowel articulation

    Lips, jaw

    PDF Lip/jaw anatomy (Hardcastle/Sobotta)

    High-speed films of lips
    HTML Browser Version

    ========== Old version ==========
    PDF PDF version of notes, with links to these QuickTime movies:
    MOV /apa/ slow motion; MOV /apa/ normal speed
    MOV /upu/ slow motion; MOV /upu/ normal speed
    MOV /ifi/ slow motion; MOV /ifi/ normal speed
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    Overall views of articulation and the vocal tract

    Visible Human: Vocal tract anatomy
    HTML Browser Version

    ========== Old version ==========
    PDF Notes on the following clips
    MOV axial slices; MOV sagittal slices; MOV coronal slices
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    3D MRI views of vowel articulation
    HTML Browser Version

    ========== Old version ==========
    PDF Notes on the following clips
    MOV /i/ sagittal; MOV /u/ sagittal; MOV /a/ sagittal MOV /i/ coronal; MOV /u/ coronal; MOV /a/ coronal MOV /i/ axial; MOV /u/ axial; MOV /a/ axial
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    Real-time MRI for speech movements (with an emphasis on velar movement)
    HTML Browser Version

    Xray films of speech movements
    HTML Browser Version

    ========== Old version ==========
    PDF Notes on the following clips
    MOV l80_11.mov "Is that biography"
    MOV l80_28.mov "Loraine just left"
    MOV l77_04.mov "Its ten below outside"
    MOV l77_30.mov "He's a lousy singer"
    MOV l77_08.mov "They are a nomadic tribe"
    MOV l77_12.mov "McCarthy was a madman"
    MOV l77_13.mov "He likes Tom Sawyer the best"
    MOV l77_14.mov "Tom likes Greco-Roman art"
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    Variability in running speech (EMA animations)
    HTML Browser Version

    ========== Old version ==========
    PDF Notes on the following clips
    MOV AVI isolated /o/ (reference utterance)
    "Der tote Däne hatte sieben junge Töchter": MOV AVI Complete sentence; MOV AVI Target word 'tote'
    "Wieviele fünne Kissen liegen denn auf dem Sofa?": MOV AVI Complete sentence; MOV AVI Target word 'Sofa'
    "Der nette Schotte hat eine schwarze Socke verloren": MOV AVI Complete sentence; MOV AVI Target word 'verloren'
    MOV AVI Target word 'flogen' extracted from "Wir flogen tief, und ich hatte Muße genau hinzusehen"
    MOV AVI Target word 'sofort' extracted from "Eine liebe Geste von Hans versöhnte Ute sofort."
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    Assimilation in running speech: EMA and EPG examples
    HTML Browser version

    ========== Old version ==========
    PDF Notes on the following clips
    "Das Blatt kam von der Eiche":
    MOV normal speed, overview; MOV normal speed, detail; MOV fast speed, overview; MOV fast speed, detail

    "Dein Spott kam ueberraschend":
    MOV normal speed, overview; MOV normal speed, detail; MOV fast speed, overview; MOV fast speed, detail
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    PDF Realtime MRI films of speech movements (simple VCV sequences)
    (1) VCV sequences, grouped by consonant (iCi aCa uCu oCo)

  •   AVI /t/; AVI /z/; AVI /l/; AVI /sh/; AVI /k/; AVI /p/;

    (2) VCV sequences, grouped by vowel (VtV VzV VlV VshV VkV VpV)
  •   AVI /a/; AVI /i/; AVI /o/; AVI /u/;

    (3) Words in a phrase ("Lese _ wie _ bitte")
  •   AVI teste wie Thesaurus; AVI Tuete wie huschen; AVI Vase wie Tiegel; AVI Pfütze wie Hufe; AVI schieben wie Tische;
        AVI Püterich wie hüpfen; AVI These wie Testament; AVI Zypern wie Chile; AVI Schübe wie Diele; AVI fühle wie lüften;

    PDF Intraoral airpressure in speech