An intuitive introduction to acoustics digital signal processing
Wayland (Phonetics) – Chapter 6 – Basic Acoustics
A concise introduction to acoustics: sounds, resonance, and the source-filter theory
Wayland – Phonetics: A Practical Introduction
This phonetics textbook covers articulatory and acoustic phonetics as well as an introduction to digital signal processing.
Peterson & Barney – Control Methods Used in a Study of the Vowels
Examines the performance of both speakers and listeners. A classic paper!
Vaux & Samuels – Explaining vowel systems: dispersion theory vs natural selection
Cross-linguistic distribution of vowel systems
Cho & Ladefoged – Variation and universals in VOT: evidence from 18 languages
Voice onset time (VOT) is known to vary with place of articulation.
Carr – English Phonetics and Phonology: An Introduction – Ch 5 – The Phonemic Principle
Takes you from phonetics (which is about sound) to phonology (which is about mental representation and organisation into categories).
Ladefoged & Johnson – A course in phonetics – Chapter 8 – Acoustic phonetics
Links the source-filter model to spectrograms and acoustic analysis of speech.
Introduction to the IPA from the Handbook of the International Phonetic Association
Describes the aims of the International Phonetic Alphabet and its various uses.
Practical Phonetics
Videos for the course Practical Phonetics
Normal Speech Articulation
X-ray movies of speech
