Chapter 5: Phonetics Flashcards
The study of speech sounds is called ______. Although words seem to correspond to one continuous sound, we can discover its ______
phonetics / segments
In order to be able to describe how a word is pronounced, we have at our disposal different phonetic ______, of which the IPA (____________) is most commonly used.
alphabets / (International Phonetic Alphabet)
True/False - the IPA was invented by G.B.Shaw
False
Physically speaking, all sounds come from the movement of air through the ______ (which is situated in the ______). The sound then travels up the pharynx and, finally, through the ______ or ______ cavities. These all make up the vocal ______
glottis / larynx) / oral or nasal / tract
The sounds we produce are either ______ or ______. These categories are then further specified in function of their ______ or ______ of articulation
vowel or consonants / place or manner
True/False - The term affricate and bilabial both refer to a place of articulation
False
The sound ə is called a:
a. glottal stop
b. schwa
c. nasal vowel
d. diacritic
b. schwa
The difference between [i] and [ɪ] is like the difference between:
a. [u] and [o]
b. [æ] and [a]
c. [u] and [ʊ]
d. [ɛ] and [ə]
c. [u] and [ʊ]
Diphthongs can be described as a sequence of a:
a. vowel + glide
b. glide + vowel
c. consonant + vowel
d. consonant + glide
a. vowel + glide
Vowels, liquid and glides are:
a. vowels
b. consonants
c. sonorants
d. obstruents
c. sonorants
When specific pronunciation characteristics cover more than one segment, they are said to be suprasegmental or ________. These include loudness, length, t________ and p________. Languages from which the latter characteristic is linguistically significant are ________ languages
prosodic / tone / pitch / tone
In sign language, phonetic features are comparable to three ________: hand configuration, the motion of the hands, and place of articulation or locus.
primes
