Praat Course 1

A Condensed course of Praat

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1. Hongfei, 2014 A Condensed course of Praat Hongfei Ji http://ronfe.net
2. Hongfei, 2014 Schedule • Getting started – Brief overview of Praat – Background information of acoustics, phonetics, and phases of phonetic processing – Basic sound data manipulation • Doing phonetic analysis – Spectral analysis – Formant analysis – Intensity analysis – Pitch analysis and PSOLA (optional) – Linear Predictive Coding (LPC) (optional)
3. Hongfei, 2014 Schedule (cont'd) • Modal research – Unmarked exclamation in Mandarin Chinese – English V-C perception of Spanish L1 learner • Summary and advanced skill – Scripting – Synthesizing – Data and some statistics
4. Hongfei, 2014 Assignments • Assignment 1 – Measuring Voice Onset Time (VOT) – Fricative spectra / V-V interaction Will be released after the second week • Assignment 2 – Chinese lexical tone and intonation at F0 Will be released after the third week
5. Hongfei, 2014 Getting Started! • Brief overview of Praat • Background information of acoustics, phonetics, and phases of phonetic processing • Basic sound data manipulation
6. Hongfei, 2014 Brief overview of Praat • Praat – n. a way of expressing sth. (in language or art or music, etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period. – n. a characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally – n. (language) communication by word of mouth (source: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/nl/praat)
7. Hongfei, 2014 Brief overview of Praat • Praat: doing phonetics by computer – by Paul Boersma & David Weenink Phonetic Sciences, U of Amsterdam – First version issued: 1993 – Latest version: 5.3.75 (30 APR, 2014) – Web: http://www.praat.org