Consonants:

Question 1

Consonants are produced by _______ tract ______

Answer 1

1. vocal tract 2. construction

Question 2

Consonant Production involves coming together of two articulators?

Answer 2

Tongue, Palate, Teeth

Question 3

Obstruents?

Answer 3

Produced with MOST obstruction

Question 4

Sonorants?

Answer 4

Produced with Least obstruction (nasal sounds)

Question 5

What are some Sonorants?

Answer 5

Nasals, liquids, glides and are always voiced. Produced with minimal restriction of Vocal Tract

Question 6

In _____ Velopharyngeal Port is open and have nasal sound

Answer 6

Sonorants=little constriction of Vocal Tract with little turbulence in airstream as passes through the oral cavity

Question 7

What are Obstruents?

Answer 7

Noisey sounds,Turbulence noise when produced

Question 8

_____, ______, and Fricatives are Obstruents

Answer 8

stops, affricates

Question 9

What is an example of an Obstruent?

Answer 9

“shhh” palatal sound with air forcing itself out

Question 10

Where is the location of resonance for Sonorants?

Answer 10

Throughout the entire vocal tract

Question 11

Which are the non resonant consonants?

Answer 11

Obstruents

Question 12

For voiced Obstruents, ______ provide second sound source.

Answer 12

vocal folds vibrating (first= sound source at point of constriction)

Question 13

Can Consonants stand alone?

Answer 13

no

Question 14

________ are generally found at the beginning and/or end of syllables

Answer 14

consonants

Question 15

Prevocalic

Answer 15

Consonants occurring before a vowel in any syllable

Question 16

Postvocalic?

Answer 16

Consonants occurring after a vowel

Question 17

Intervocalic?

Answer 17

consonants occurring between a vowel

Question 18

what does it mean when vowels are syllabic?

Answer 18

They are the prominent aspect of a syllable