Ch. 2 Vocab

Question 1

Articulatory Phonetics

Answer 1

the study of the production of speech sounds

Question 2

Acoustic Phonetics

Answer 2

the study of the transmission and the physical properties of speech sounds

Question 3

Auditory Phonetics

Answer 3

the study of the perception of speech sounds

Question 4

Co-articulation

Answer 4

The adjustment of articulation of a segment due to the influence of a neighboring sound

Question 5

Voiced

Answer 5

sound made with the vocal folds vibrating

Question 6

Voiceless

Answer 6

sound made without the vocal folds vibrating

Question 7

Bilabial

Answer 7

sound produced by bringing both lips together

Question 8

Labiodental

Answer 8

sound produced by making contact between the lower lip and the upper teeth

Question 9

Interdental

Answer 9

sound produced by positioning the tip of the tongue between the upper and lower teeth

Question 10

Alveolar

Answer 10

Sound produced by raising the front of the tongue toward the front of the upper alveolar ridge

Question 11

Post-alveolar

Answer 11

sound produced by raising the tongue toward the front part of the hard palate, just behind the alveolar ridge

Question 12

Palatal

Answer 12

sound made by raising the body of the tongue toward the hard part of the roof of the mouth

Question 13

Velar

Answer 13

sound produced by raising the back of the tongue toward the velum

Question 14

Glottal

Answer 14

sounds produced at the larynx

Question 15

Hard Palate

Answer 15

bony portion of the roof of the mouth, extending from the front of the upper alveolar ridge to the velum

Question 16

Fricative

Answer 16

sound made by forming a nearly complete obstruction of the airstream so that when air passes through the small passage, turbulent air-flow is produced

Question 17

Affricate

Answer 17

sound produced by complete obstruction of the airflow followed by a slight release of the obstruction, allowing frication. An affricate can be thought of as a combination of and stop and a fricative

Question 18

Nasal

Answer 18

sound produced by making a complete obstruction of the airflow in the oral cavity and lowering the velum to allow air to pass through the nasal cavity, unlike oral stops

Question 19

Tense

Answer 19

vowel sound that has a more peripheral position in the vowel space

Question 20

Lax

Answer 20

vowel sound that has a less peripheral position in the vowel space