Articulation

Question 1

What does IPA stand for?

Answer 1

International Phonetic Alphabet

Question 2

IPA is a 1-to-1 correspondence between __________ and __________

Answer 2

Letter; phone

Question 3

How many signs and diacritics are in IPA?

Answer 3

107 signs and 44 diacritics

Question 4

What are the articulators?

Answer 4

Lips, tongue, roof of the mouth (palette)

Question 5

What anatomical structure corresponds to the larynx?

Answer 5

Vocal cords

Question 6

What holds the vocal cords in place?

Answer 6

Thyroid cartilage

Question 7

What draws the vocal cords together and apart?

Answer 7

Arytenoid cartilages

Question 8

What is the glottis?

Answer 8

Part of the larynx, area between the vocal folds

Question 9

What type of voicing corresponds to the vocal folds being pulled apart?

Answer 9

Voiceless

Question 10

What type of voicing corresponds to the vocal cords being brought together?

Answer 10

Voiced

Question 11

Which principle aligns with voiced voicing?

Answer 11

Bernoulli’s principle: the velocity of a fluid is inversely correlated with pressure

Question 12

What is phonation?

Answer 12

Behavior of vocal cords during speech

Question 13

What produces modal voice?

Answer 13

Normal vibration of the vocal cords

Question 14

What produces creaky voice?

Answer 14

Vibration but less airflow

Question 15

Which language is socially conditioned?

Answer 15

English

Question 16

Which language is phonologically conditioned?

Answer 16

Danish

Question 17

What is pulmonic airflow?

Answer 17

Airflow pressure that is modulated by the lungs

Question 18

Which language contrasts breathy, creaky and creaky breathy vowels from modal vowels?

Answer 18

Jalapa Mazatec

Question 19

What is eggressive airflow?

Answer 19

Airflow that is streaming outwards during speech

Question 20

True or false: Vowels and consonants are always pulmonic eggressive

Answer 20

True