English Theme 46: Speech Chainsample presentation

Mafuyu Kitahara2006-10-12

Structure of this presentation

● Chapter 1: pp.1-9

● Main point

– Speech is important: efficient and convenient

– Study of speech is useful: better communication, man-machine interface

– What happens during speech? --- speech chain from speaker to listener

Figure1.1

● Linguistic level (spk): words in order

● Physiological level (spk): nerve impulses and movements of vocal organs

● Acoustic level: sound waves

● Physiological level (lstn): ear to brain

● Linguistic level (lstn): words in order

More on Figure 1.1

● Side link: feedback within speaker

– Speaker listens to his own speech

– Evidence: delayed feedback

● Chain of events are in complex relations

– e.g. the same b?t sound maps onto “bit”, “bet” or “bat”.

– Ambiguous cues related to our background knowledge.