Chapter 2 Flashcards
Phonetics
The study of the minimal units of language.
Articulatory phonetics
Subfield of phonetics concerned with the production of speech sounds.
Acoustic phonetics
Subfield of phonetics that is concerned with the physical characteristics of the sounds of speech.
X-ray photography
X- rays used in conjunction with sound film. The use of this technique can reveal the details of the functioning of the vocal apparatus. The entirety of how a sound is produced is revealed and can actually be seen as it happens.
sound spectrograph
Equipment that generates spectrograms from speech input.
Palatography-
Experimental method that shows the contact between the tongue and the roof of the mouth.
impressionistic phonetic transcription
A method of writing down speech sounds with the intent of capturing how they are pronounced.
Co-articulation
The adjustment of articulation of a segment due to the influence of a neighboring sounds.
Segments
The individuals units of the speech stream; segments can be further subdivided into consonants and vowels.
Suprasegmental
A phonetic characteristic of speech sound, such as length, intonation, tone, or stress that rides on top of segmental features.
Monophthongs
A simple vowel, composed of a single configuration of the vocal organs
Diphthongs
A complex vowel, composed of a sequence of two different configurations of the vocal organs.
Larynx
Cartilage and muscle located at the top of the trachea, containing the vocal folds and the glottis; commonly referred to as the voice box.
vocal tract
The entire air passage above the larynx, consisting of the pharynx, oral cavity and nasal cavity.
subglottal system
The part of the respiratory system located below the larynx.
Rarefaction
Physical phenomenon by which air molecules become less concentrated within a given space.
tone language
Language that uses pitch contrast on syllables to signal a difference in word meaning.
Pharynx
The part of the oral tract above the larynx but behind the uvula. Commonly known as the throat.
Articulation
The motion or positioning of some part of the vocal tract, with respect to some other surface of the vocal tract in the production of a speech A sound.
Alveolar
Sound produced by raising the front of the tongue towards the front of the upper alveolar ridge.
