Eng 211 Jessica Cuevas

Question 1

articulatory phonetics

Answer 1

Subfield of phonetics concerned with the production of speech sounds.

Question 2

acoustic phonetics

Answer 2

the study of the transmission and the physical properties of speech sounds

Question 3

auditory phonetics

Answer 3

the study of the perception of speech sounds.

Question 4

x-ray photography

Answer 4

X-rays used in conjunction with sound film. The use of this technique can reveal the details of the functioning of the vocal apparatus. The entirety of how a sound is produced is revealed and can actually be seen as it happens.

Question 5

palatography

Answer 5

Experimental method that shows the contact between the tongue and the roof of the mouth. Can be static or dynamic.

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Question 6

sound spectograph

Answer 6

Equipment that generates spectrograms from speech input.

Question 7

impressionistic phonetic transcription

Answer 7

A method of writing down speech sounds with the intent of capturing how they are pronounced (e.g., by using a phonetic alphabet). Usually based simply on how the sounds are perceived when heard without any special analysis.

Question 8

coarticulation

Answer 8

The adjustment of articulation of a segment due to the influence of a neighboring sound(s).

Question 9

segments

Answer 9

The individual units of the speech stream; segments can be further subdivided into consonants and vowels.

Question 10

suprasegmentals

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A phonetic characteristic of speech sounds, such as length, intonation, tone, or stress, that “rides on top of” segmental features. Must usually be identified by comparison to the same feature on other sounds or strings of sounds.

Question 11

consonants

Answer 11

Speech sound produced with a constriction somewhere in the vocal tract that impedes airflow.

Question 12

vowels

Answer 12

Speech sound produced with at most only a slight narrowing somewhere in the vocal tract, allowing air to flow freely through the oral cavity.

Question 13

syllable

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

Question 14

monosyllabic

Answer 14

Consisting of only one syllable.

Question 15

onset

Answer 15

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

Question 16

rhyme

Answer 16

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

Question 17

coda

Answer 17

In a syllable, any consonant(s) that occur in the rhyme, after the nucleus.

Question 18

monophthongs

Answer 18

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

Question 19

dipthongs

Answer 19

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

Question 20

running speech

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