Chapter 2 Flashcards
Phonetics
The study of the minimal units that make up language. The spoken language, these are the sounds of speech-the consonants, vowels, melodies and rhythms.
Acoustic Phonetics
The study of the transmission of the physical properties of speech sounds.
Auditory Phonetics
The study of the perception of speech sounds
Phonetic Transcription
Is a method of writing down speech sounds in order to capture what is said and how it is pronounced.
Monophthongs
Simple vowels, composed of a single configuration of the vocal art.
Diphthongs
Complex vowels, composed of a sequenced of two different configurations.
Segments
The discrete units of the speech stream and can be further subdivided into categories,consonants and vowels.
suprasegmentals
A phonetic characteristic of speech sounds, such as length, intonation, tone or stress, that “rides on top of” segmental features. Must usually be identified by comparison to the same feature on other sounds or stings of sounds.
Syllable
A unit of speech-every utterance contains at least one syllable, a syllable may contain only a single sound.
monosyllabic
Containing only one a single sound.
Onset
In a syllable, any consonant that occurs before the rhyme.
Rhyme
In a syllable, the vowel and any consonants that follow it.
Trachea
Windpipe
Glottis
The opening between the vocal folds
Voicing
vibration of the approximated vocal folds caused by air passing through them. When the vocal folds vibrate, a voiced sound is produced.
Bilabial
Consonants are made by bringing both lips closer together.
Labiodental
Consonants are made with the lower lip against the upper front teeth.
Interdentals
Are made with the tip of the tongue protruding between the front teeth.
Alveolar
Sounds are made with the tongue tip at or near the alveolar ridge. It is a small ridge that protrudes just behind your upper front teeth.
Palatal
sounds that are made with the tongue near the center of the hard portion of the roof of the mouth. English has only one palatal sound: yes.
