Articulation Flashcards
How big is the vocal tract?
About 17 centimetres in adult males, smaller for women and children.
What is articulation?
The process by which structures within the vocal tract modify exhaled air to shape speech sounds.
How is the adult pharynx shaped?
Like a bent tube. The pharynx is vertical and the oral and nasal cavities are horizontal.
The vocal tract
Is an interrelated system of moveable and immovable parts forming a series of valves.
Valves…
Channel or constrict the airflow to create different sounds.
What are the four valves?
Labial valve formed by the lips
Lingual valve formed by the tongue and other articulates
Velopharyngeal valve formed by the velum and posterior and lateral pharyngeal walls
Laryngeal valve formed by the vocal folds
How are sounds formed?
By valving he airstream to generate complex periodic and aperiodic sounds
How are consonants classified?
Manner of articulation
Place of articulation
Voicing
Manner of articulation
Manner in which airflow is regulated in the vocal tract
Place of articulation
Location of articulators contacting or approximating
Voicing
Presence or absence of vocal fold vibration
What are the manners of articulation
Stops, fricatives, affricates, nasals, glides, and liquids
What are the places of articulation?
Bilabial, labiodental, interdental, alveolar, palatal, velar, and glottal.
What are the voiced consonants?
m, n, and the ing sound
How are vowels characterized?
By tongue height, can be
Front, central, back, high, mid, and low
