Chapter 14: Speaking and Listening - Speech Sounds Flashcards

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Speech chain

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A series of speech sounds a speaker communicates.

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Phonetics

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The sub-discipline of linguistics that studies the physical process of speaking and listening, as well as the physical properties of the speech signal.

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Pharynx

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Upper part of the throat.

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Oral cavity

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Inside the mouth.

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Nasal cavity

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Inside the nose.

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Vocal tract

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The pathway that the air passes through in speech production.

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Vocal folds

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The lower pair of the vocal cords which are used to produce vocal sounds.

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Auricle

Outer ear

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The outside of the ear.

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External auditory canal

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The part of the ear though which sound vibrations are channeled.

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Tympanic membrane

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Eardrum.

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Middle ear

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Consists of three hearing bones: hammer, anvil and stirrup.

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Oval window

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The part of the ear though which sound vibrations are conducted by the stirrup.

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13
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Cochlea

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Part of the inner ear where frequency analysis takes place.

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14
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Acoustic nerve

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The part of the ear though which results are conveyed to the brain for further interpretation.

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15
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Phonetic transcription

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Representing sounds and sound strings in written form.

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16
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Vowels

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Speech sounds that are produced without any narrowing of the vocal tract.

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Consonant

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Speech sounds that are produced by creating some type of narrowing somewhere in the vocal tract.

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Pulmonic consonants

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Consonants for which the airstream that is used to pronounce them is produced in the lungs.

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Non-pulmonic consonants

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Consonants that are produced by using an airstream produced by the larynx or the tongue.

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Manner of articulation

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The degree and nature of the narrowing involved in the production of consonants.

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Place of articulation

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Concerns the part of the roof of the mouth where the narrowing occurs.

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Plosives

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Consonants produced by building up air pressure inside the mouth though complete closure and letting the air escape in one go.

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Fricatives

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Consonants produced by an almost complete narrowing of the vocal tract and then an expulsion of air though the narrow passage.

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Affricates

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Consonants that start out as a plosives and end as a fricative.

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Nasals
Consonants that are produced by letting the air escape though the nose.
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Laterals
Consonants produced by letting the air flow along the sides of the tongue instead of the center.
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Trills
Consonants that are produced by vibration of part of the tongue against a place of articulation.
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Taps | Flaps
Consonants that are produced by a single short closure.
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Approximants
Consonants that are produced with almost no narrowing of the vocal tract.
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Voicing
Whether consonants are produced by letting the vocal folds vibrate.
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Glottis
The space between the vocal folds.
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Voiced consonants
Consonants produced with vibration of the vocal folds.
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Voiceless consonants
Consonants that are produced without vibration of the vocal folds.
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Clicks
Sounds that are produced by sucking air into the mouth.
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Voiced implosives
Sounds that are produced by combining a closure of the vocal tract with a lowering of the larynx.
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Ejectives
Sounds that are produced by combining a closure of the vocal tract with rapid raising of the larynx.
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Diphthongs
The combination of two vowels.
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Diphones
Units the size of two half sounds.
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Speech synthesis
When speech is generated by a computer.
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Grapheme-to-phoneme conversion
When written text is being converted to speech sounds.
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Automatic speech recognition
The interpretation of spoken text by a computer.
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Speech signal
Sounds that a speaker communicates.