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Chapter 6-acoustic Characteristics Flashcards

1
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What is frequency

A

The number of cycles of vibration per one second also perceived by pitch

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2
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What is intensity

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The amplitude of energy or loudness

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3
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What sounds are more intense

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Vowels and diphthongs.

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4
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What is a waveform

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A graphic representation of sound that displays time on the X axis or the absciss and intensity on the ordinate or Y axis

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5
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What is a spectrogram

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A graphic representation of all three major physical parameters time frequency and intensity

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6
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If you have greater intensity do you have lighter or darker bands

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Dark

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7
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Do voice or voiceless consonants have a longer VOT

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Voiceless

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8
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What do fricatives appear as on a spectrogram

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Wide bands of energy continuous noise and there the highest frequency phonemes

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9
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What are the most intense of all the fricatives

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Sibilants

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10
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Will voiced or voiceless fricatives appear darker on a spectrogram and why

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Voiceless will be darker due to greater intensity

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11
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What is a formant

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Defined as a resonance of the vocal tract

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12
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The duration of any phoneme depends upon what

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Whether it is a stressed syllable the phonemic context of the syllable or word that contains the phoneme and the importance of the meaning of the word that contains the phoneme

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13
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Our fricatives higher or lower in pitch then vowels

A

Higher

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14
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Our vowels longer or shorter induration and fricatives

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Longer

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15
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Nasal formants have lesser intensity than vowel formants due to what

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Anti-residence and damping

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16
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What is another name for anti-residence associated with consonant production

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Anti-formant

17
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Which manner has the lowest spectral pitch

A

Nasal

18
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Where is a stopgap seen

A

Before the release of a stop

19
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Primary nasal formant on a spectrogram can be seen in the region of what

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250-300 Hz

20
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What is damping

A

The reduction in the amplitude of energy or intensity of a vibrating system

21
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What consonants have damping

A

Sonorant

22
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What is anti-resonance

A

Anti-formants are the same thing and they arise from changes in the residence patterns of the oral cavity and cause a decrease in intensity

23
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What is VOT

A

Voice onset time and it is the time differential between the release of a stop burst and the onset of the voicing of a Vowel

24
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What is a velar pinch

A

They are only associated with velar stop consonant production and it is the closeness of F2 and F3

25
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What are among the highest frequency phonemes

A

Fricatives

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