I genuinely smiled when she said “I’m very excited about this, I’m gonna try to not talk too loud.” She’s literally vibrating, that’s how excited she is to teach us. She’s a sweetheart 😊
This was genuinely interesting and your enthuiasm definitely played a big part. You had me over here feeling silly trying to do all the different tongue/mouth placements 😂😂 but it was cool af noticing how the different placements actually made a different sound
As someone who speaks a couple of different languages (namely french, german and chinese which all make quite different sounds) this was super interesting ! I would love if you made more videos on this topic :)
As a linguist, IPA actually is overwhelming 🥺 But I loved the journey while learning and practising! You made this class relaxing!! Shout out to my Phonetics and Phonology and not relaxing at all Teacher 🤭
I did fell asleep listening to this but I became curious about the whole chart and rewatched it complete with a clear head next morning! My first language is Spanish but I learned some sounds from the IPA when I studied English! I didn't know that the sounds we can make could be so neatly organized and they make way more sense when you analyze their structure. Really cool video! side note: right now I'm studying Arabic and I'm having a lot of fun with the glottal stop and some very different sounds to the ones I'm used to in Spanish and English. specially the "throaty" Retroflex consonants like "ط"، "ص" and the different kinds of H sounds and glottal stops. I'm no expert but I think Arabic does use the glottal stop at the beginning of some words, at least they use the character "ء" or "أ" to modify the first syllable of some words.
Your excitement over it was actually part of what made it relaxing for me, even if you weren't whispering or doing soft spoken! Very much the vibe of a friend sharing something they're passionate about, and I would love a followup!
One minor correction/clarification: the IPA only writes down sounds that contrast with other sounds in at least one language, so a lot of sounds that we can make in our mouths (think beatboxing) are sometimes not possible to represent.
I came for the ASMR but between the Japanese lessons and this, this is the most productive ASMR channel I watch lol! You did a great job explaining the IPA because it went from being super intimidating to being quite fun and making a lot of sence (in concept of course I didn't memorice everything, but I was like "Ohh that makes sence, that's so cool" with every single explanation lmao) Thanks for the vid! I hope people do like it so we can learn the whole thing like this 🤞
Linguistics is SO COOL to me, when I saw this video I got so excited. I'm in love with languages and how they work (currently learning a few haha), but I've never taken an official linguistics class. This video was VERY interesting and VERY well explained. Thank you Alise! ♡
someone who is very interested in linguistics but doesn’t know a lot on the topic just yet here and i’m very excited to learn more about this tool that i understand only right now on a basic level as i wind down for bed tonight! edit: i didn’t fall asleep because the video was just too interesting! but i’m glad i watched! great video thanks!!
Congratulations on your Linguistics Degree! This is awesome. Thanks for this, Alice. I am somewhat depressed, and/or not in the mood of Life currently, this did help a little, but as of now, I am currently working on mental health.
I‘m studying to become an English teacher, and some of this is included in our Linguistics classes :) It was very cool to get a recap of the IPA in such a relaxing way, and your passion concerning this topic really comes across! Sending you lots of love from Germany xx
took a phonetics class when i was studying speech path (ultimately changed majors) but i loved it sm! been obsessed with linguistics ever since! thx for sharing, great video!
I’m watching late at night, and trying sounds while I’m also trying to be quiet was a very good way to get a sense of voiced vs voiceless, lol. Fun video and reasonably relaxing even if not completely sleep inducing.
Graduated as a theatre major in college 2022, and one of my earliest classes in the major was 2 semesters of learning to speak without a dialect so that you can change to different accents or vocal qualities based on the character not yourself. Both semesters we used IPA, spending months learning the language and how to transcribe it and the second semester using it to get rid of "bad" speech habits!
i've got a quiz on the IPA chart for my phonetics course tomorrow, and watching this video is seriously helping me retain information without stressing too much because of the relaxing vibe!
I love this. Listening to you talk about the wonderful world of phonetics and linguistics is really soothing and engaging. I feel like you're giving a nice little demo of your voice. Such a clear, gentle voice, like a sweet little signal of yours:) I think the ipa extended alphabet is so cool
I’d love to hear you talk more about linguistics and your experience studying it and getting your degree! I’ve always been pretty interested in learning and understanding different languages, but I don’t know enough about the field to know if it’s something that would be the right choice for me to pursue as a career/field of study - but I haven’t finished the video yet, so maybe I’ll learn more in a second~
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Great stuff. I’m currently reviewing the IPA for a linguistics class I’m enrolled in, so this came at just the right time lol. I knew you were involved in language study, but I had no idea you were a linguistics major, that’s awesome.
Best Asmr yet, it's really nice seeing you talk about a thing you like, I'm brazilian, so English is not my first language, but I'm always trying to get better, and now I'll study more about this. Thank you, and keep doing this excellent job!
My daughter studied linguistics for her degree and it’s a subject that always fascinates me. I was trying to work out the sound from the Welsh language you were trying to make. I think it’s the Ll (double ‘l’ ). English speakers struggle with this sound a similar voicing exists in the Inuit languages. To make the Welsh sound, the tongue is placed up on the palette at that ridge you mention in exactly the same way as you do when pronouncing the letter ‘l’ in English, but you instead of voicing the letter you expel air from the sides of the mouth as if you are trying to make a hissing sound. This is whilst the tongue stays against that ridge behind the top set of teeth. Great video, thanks.
This was a really clear explanation of the IPA! And relaxing as. There's a bunch of funny exercises and noises we make in our vocal warmups for theatre - it was really interesting hearing a linguist's perspective 💗 ty!
ahh immediate sub omg thank you for making this video! i'm currently studying linguistics and plan to major in it so this was really cool and relaxing to watch, would love to see more linguistics-centric videos from you in the future :] and congrats on getting your degree!!
Omg! This video was a divine gift, your passion is palpable and I love it. I'm a Drama student doing my first trimester of phonetics and it's become a new major interest of mine, so this was a joy to watch and learn from! Congratulations on getting your degree :)
This is mad. About a year or so ago I was scowering(scouring) the internet for this exact video. A year later and it’s the first video in my algorithm. Thank you so much!
This was such an interesting video! Really liked the examples for the sounds. That moment when I also imitated the sounds and had an 'aha!' moment and all the explanations clicked was super awesome.
if i had stayed in college i would have been entering my senior year this year with a degree in linguistics, but alas i left early due to covid :( this video brought back amazing memories of starting out with in school and made me so happy to see someone else so passionate about linguistics
Hey there! I am not one to leave comments, usually, but this video just made my day: beside the super interesting subject, you are so sweet and passionate about what you are talking about, and it shows! So thank you for sharing your knowledge and making me smile :) wish you a lovely day!
Congrats On Graduating Thats So Awesome ! Ive Been Here A While Glad Youre Still Around And I Always Appreciate Your Videos Even If Im Too Tired To Comment Or Watch Them All
i just dropped out of my linguistics course after a year so this is great timing for me😭 i still absolutely love the subject, especially phonetics, but i was able to get a place in a course i wanted much more
Its not rlly ASMR (not an insult), but instead just a really good video. You seemed to have alot more fun and filled with more energy than normal, so I'm excited to see part 2 since the video topic was really interesting!
Would be cool if you make a follow up video. I may or may not love linguistics (never studied it formally but tracing our human oral history is important).
So many of the new asmr artists wrongly assume people want all the anxiety inducing tapping and scratching....so annoying lol. This lady has a perfect voice...no extra bs needed, it ruins it for me. Just talk, your voice is heaven
Fellow new linguist!!! So exciting!! I thought about making ASMR videos doing accent breakdowns or phonetic analysis but i never mustered the motivation lol
I’m a speech language pathologist so I’m having flashbacks to my masters phonology class lol so that’s not that soothing but your energy and enthusiasm makes up for that!
It would be amazing to watch you learn a new language or one you don’t know very well! Im a welsh speaker and with it being an extremely unknown language or the fact that wales is a country people forget about, I was so happy when you said that you knew this letter was used in the welsh language!
I loved this video. I'm studying your career myself (on Argentina) and i love phonetics. I always struggled to learn and memorise the IPA chart and I always wished there would be and App to practise that would be like flashcards or something, maybe quizz style, or multiple choice. I find those apps really usefull to learn this kind of things, that's how I learnt Braille. I'll take any suggestions. Thanks 💕
