Chapter 2

Question 1

articulatory phonetics

Answer 1

study of production of speech sounds

Question 2

acoustic phonetics

Answer 2

study of transmission and the physical properties of speech sounds

Question 3

auditory phonetics

Answer 3

study of the perception of speech sounds

Question 4

palatography

Answer 4

experimental method that shows the contact between the tongue and the food of the mouth (static or dynamic)

Question 5

suprasegmentals

Answer 5

“ride on top of” segments in that they often apply to entire strings of consonants and vowels. stress, tone, intonation

Question 6

coda

Answer 6

any final consonants

Question 7

monophthongs

Answer 7

simple vowels, composed of a single configuration of the vocal tract

Question 8

diphthongs

Answer 8

complex vowels, composed of a sequence of two different configurations

Question 9

segmental features

Answer 9

phonetic characteristic of speech sounds, such a voicing, place of articulation, rounding

Question 10

larynx

Answer 10

voice box, contains the vocal fold and glottis

Question 11

vocal tract

Answer 11

above larynx, composed of the oral and nasal cavities

Question 12

sub-glottal system

Answer 12

part of the respiratory system located below larynx

Question 13

pulmonic egressive airstream mechanism

Answer 13

airstream mechanism that produces speech sounds by modifying the stream of air forced out of the lungs and passed through the oral and/or nasal cavities

Question 14

trachea

Answer 14

windpipe

Question 15

glottis

Answer 15

the space between the vocal folds

Question 16

voicing

Answer 16

vibration of the approximated vocal folds caused by air passing through them.

Question 17

bilabial

Answer 17

sound produced by bringing both lips together

Question 18

labiodentals

Answer 18

sound produced with the lower lip against the upper front teeth

Question 19

interdentals

Answer 19

sound produced with th e tip of the tongue protruding between the front teeth

Question 20

alveolar

Answer 20

sound produced with the tongue tip at or near alveolar ridge

Question 21

palatal

Answer 21

sound produced at the tongue near center of hard portion of the roof

Question 22

retroflex

Answer 22

curling the tip of the tongue back behind alveolar ridge to top of the mouth