Chapter 2 Vocabulary

Question 1

Sound spectograph

Answer 1

a tool to study acoustic phonetics.

Question 2

Monophthongs

Answer 2

simple vowels, composed of a sequence of the vocal tract.

Question 3

Diphthongs

Answer 3

complex vowels, composed of a sequence of two different configurations.

Question 4

Stress

Answer 4

like tone, is a property of entire syllables, not segments.

Question 5

Syllable

Answer 5

a unit of speech.

Question 6

Running speech or continuous speech

Answer 6

speaking in phrases and sentences, with all the words run together.

Question 7

Phonetics

Answer 7

study of the minimal units that make up language.

Question 8

Articulatory phonetics

Answer 8

the study of the production of speech sounds.

Question 9

Acoustic phonetics

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Auditory phonetics

Answer 10

the study of the perception of speech sounds.

Question 11

Bilabial consonants

Answer 11

consonants that are made by bringing both lips closer together.

Question 12

Labiodental consonants

Answer 12

consonants that are made with the lower lip against the upper from teeth.

Question 13

Interdentals consonants

Answer 13

consonants that are made with the tip of the tongue protruding between the from teeth.

Question 14

Alveolar sounds

Answer 14

sounds that are made with the tongue tip at or near the alveolar.

Question 15

Post-alveolar sounds

Answer 15

sounds that are made a bit further back.

Question 16

Palatal sounds

Answer 16

sounds that are made with the tongue near the center of the hard portion of the roof of the mouth.

Question 17

Velar consonants

Answer 17

consonants that are produced at the soft part of the roof of the mouth behind the hard palate—the velum.

Question 18

Glottal sounds

Answer 18

sounds that are produced at the larynx.

Question 19

Location

Answer 19

the first parameter of sign articulation.

Question 20

Aspiration

Answer 20

when air rushes out of the mouth after the release of the stop closure and before the onset of the vowel.