Phonetics / Phonology Web Resources
GMU Speech Accent Archive
The speech accent archive uniformly presents a large set of speech samples from a
variety of language backgrounds. Native and non-native speakers of English read
the same paragraph and are carefully transcribed. The archive is used by people
who wish to compare and analyze the accents of different English speakers.
International Phonetic Association Chart
Also includes charts of IPA numbers and the Symbols for Disordered Speech.
Phonetics Flash Animation Project (UIowa)
This site contains animated libraries of the phonetic sounds of English,
German and Spanish. Available for each consonant and vowel is an animated
articulatory diagram, a step-by-step description, and video-audio of the sound spoken in context.
Resources for Studying Spoken English
A list of links to web sites on sounds of selected varieties of English and speech analysis tools.
Speech Internet Dictionary
Aims to “provide concise definitions of technical terms used in phonetics, phonology, speech and hearing science and allied disciplines.”
Stirling University's on-line phonology course
The course is designed so that either native or non-native English speakers
can achieve quite a sophisticated understanding of the basics of phonology.
UCLA Phonetics Lab Data
Index includes phonological data representative of many world languages, as well as
the materials that accompany Dr. Peter Ladefoged's Course in Phonetics and
Vowels and Consonants.