Alliteration Flashcards
What is phonetics?
The study of speech sounds
What is phonology?
The study of the systems of sounds in languages
What are phonemes?
The individual sounds that appear as bits of words; the smallest meaningful unit of sound in a language.
What is articulatory phonetics?
The study of how the vocal tract produces speech.
What is the bilabial place of articulation?
The point of maximum constriction is made by the coming together of the two lips.
What is the labiodental place of articulation?
The lower lip articulates with the upper teeth.
What is the dental place of articulation?
The tip of the tongue articulates with the back or bottom of the top teeth.
What is the alveolar place of articulation?
The tip or the blade of the tongue articulates with the forward part of the alveolar ridge.
What is the postalveolar place of articulation?
The tip or the blade of the tongue articulates with the back area of the alveolar ridge.
What is the palatal place of articulation?
The front of the tongue articulates with the domed part of the hard palate.
What is the velar place of articulation?
The back of the tongue articulates with the soft palate.
What is the uvular place of articulation?
The back of the tongue articulates with the very back of the soft palate, including the uvula.
What is the pharyngeal place of articulation?
The pharynx is constricted by the faucal pillars moving together (lateral compression) and, possibly, by the larynx being raised.
What is the glottal place of articulation?
The vocal folds are brought together; in some cases, the function of the vocal folds can be part of articulation as well as phonation, as in the case of [t] and [h] in many languages.
P, B, and M are made in which place of articulation?
Bilabial
