Chp 2 Choose your Vocab Module 3

Question 1

palatography

Answer 1

photography of the palate to observe contact between the tongue and roof of the mouth

Question 2

spectrogram

Answer 2

three dimensional representation of sound in which vertical axis represents frequency, horizontal represents time, and shading amplitude.

Question 3

impressionistic phonetic transcription

Answer 3

A method of writing down speech sound with the intent of capturing how they are pronounced.

Question 4

segments

Answer 4

Individual units of the speech stream.

Question 5

suprasegments

Answer 5

A phonetic characteristic of speech sounds that rides on top of segmental features.

Question 6

syllable

Answer 6

A unit of speech, made up of an onset and a rhyme.

Question 7

monosyllabic

Answer 7

Consisting of only one syllable.

Question 8

onset

Answer 8

In a syllable, any consonant that occurs before the rhyme.

Question 9

rhyme

Answer 9

In a syllable, the vowel and any consonants that follow it.

Question 10

monophthongs

Answer 10

A simple vowel, composed of a single configuration of the vocal organs.

Question 11

dipthongs

Answer 11

A complex vowel, composed of a sequence of two different configurations of the vocal organs.

Question 12

running speech

Answer 12

The usual form of spoken language, with all the words and phrases run together, without pauses in between them.

Question 13

continuous speech

Answer 13

see running speech

Question 14

articulation

Answer 14

The motion or positioning of some part of the vocal tract with respect to some other surface of the vocal tract in speech sounds.

Question 15

articulatory gesture

Answer 15

A movement of a speech organ in the production of speech.

Question 16

larnyx

Answer 16

Cartilage and muscle located at the top of the trachea containing the vocal folds and the glottis.

Question 17

trachea

Answer 17

The windpipe. The tube between the larynx and the lungs through which air flows.

Question 18

vocal folds

Answer 18

Folds of muscle in the larynx responsible for creating voiced sounds whey they vibrate.

Question 19

glottis

Answer 19

The space between the vocal folds.

Question 20

voicing

Answer 20

Vibration of the approximated vocal folds caused by air passing through them.