Choose your Vocab: Module 2

Question 1

sound inventory

Answer 1

sounds which language speakers use to construct the words
of their language

Question 2

phonetics

Answer 2

study of characteristics of speech sounds

Question 3

International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

Answer 3

common transcription system used to write down the sounds a language makes

Question 4

pulmonic aggressive air-stream mechanism

Answer 4

sounds produced by breathing out
common
English uses this

Question 5

diphthongs

Answer 5

two vowels together make a different sound, one syllable

Question 6

vocal tract

Answer 6

where speech sounds are shaped
passage above the larynx

Question 7

articulators

Answer 7

parts involved in speech production
there are active and passive articulators

Question 8

active articulators

Answer 8

can be moved
tongue, lips, lower jaw

Question 9

passive articulators

Answer 9

cannot be moved
hard palate, upper teeth

Question 10

bilabial sounds

Answer 10

involving both lips

Question 11

alveolar sounds

Answer 11

with an obstruction at the alveolar ridge

Question 12

Labio-dentals sounds

Answer 12

involve only the lower lip and additionally
the upper teeth

Question 13

palatal sounds

Answer 13

the tongue is raised toward the hard
palate

Question 14

velar sounds

Answer 14

obstruction at the velum

Question 15

glottal sound

Answer 15

airstream is obstructed at the glottis

Question 16

stops (manner of articulation)

Answer 16

a complete stop of the airflow followed by a
release

Question 17

plosives

Answer 17

burst of air at the moment of release

Question 18

fricatives (class of consonants)

Answer 18

the lower lips and the upper front teeth come very close together, leaving only a narrow passage through which air can escape.
“audible friction”

Question 19

voiceless sounds

Answer 19

When the vocal cords are apart, the air can pass relatively freely
into the vocal tract. In this case, no vibration of the vocal cords is caused

Question 20

voiced sounds

Answer 20

sounds caused by the vibration of the vocal cords