Ch. 2 Phonetics

Question 1

Phonetics

Answer 1

Study of sounds of speech

Question 2

Palatography

Answer 2

A way to observe the position of the tongue in relation to the palate during articulation

Question 3

Articulation

Answer 3

Adjustments and movements of speech organs involved in pronouncing a particular sound

Question 4

Larynx

Answer 4

Muscular and cartilage structure lined with mucous membrane at the upper part of the trachea in humans, in which the vocal cords are located

Question 5

Glottis

Answer 5

Opening at the upper part of the larynx, between the vocal cords

Question 6

Diphthongs

Answer 6

Gliding speech sound varying continuously in phonetic quality but held to be a single sound

Question 7

Vowels

Answer 7

Speech sound produced without occluding, diverting, or obstructing the flow of air from the lungs

Question 8

Uvula

Answer 8

Small, fleshy, body projecting downward from the middle of the soft palate

Question 9

Pharynx

Answer 9

Tube with its surrounding membrane and muscles, that connects the mouth and nasal passages with the esophagus

Question 10

Intonation

Answer 10

Pattern or melody of pitch changes in connected speech, especially the pitch pattern of a sentence, which distinguishes kinds of sentences or speakers of different language cultures

Question 11

Tone Languages

Answer 11

Language in which words that are otherwise phonologically identical are distinguished by having different pitches or pitch contour

Question 12

Acoustic Phonectics

Answer 12

The branch of science dealing with the sounds of speech in terms of their frequency, duration, intensity

Question 13

Sound Wave

Answer 13

Longitudinal wave in an elastic medium, especially a wave producing an audible sensation

Question 14

Harmonics

Answer 14

Science of musical sounds

Question 15

Spectogram

Answer 15

Picture of sound

Question 16

Fricative

Answer 16

Audible friction produced by forcing the breath through a constricted or partially obstructed passage in the vocal tract

Question 17

American Sign Language (ASL)

Answer 17

Visual-gesture language, having its own semantic and syntactic structure, used by deaf people in the U.S.

Question 18

Semivowels

Answer 18

Speech sound of vowel quality used as a consonant

Question 19

Aspiration

Answer 19

Articulation accompanied by an audible puff of breath

Question 20

Frequency

Answer 20

Rate at which something occurs or is repeated over a particular period of time or in a given sample