English Aspects of voice Flashcards
PROCESSES IN SPEECH PRODUCTION
1.respiration
2. phonation
3. resonance
- articulation
loudness or softness of
one’s voice
volume
ability to vary voice
according to the context or size of the audience
voice projection
highness or lowness
of a speaker’s voice
pitch
factors that can affect pitch
age and gender
smoothness and effortlessness of one’s
speech
fluency
factors of fluency
Nervousness
* Monitoring of
pronunciation and
grammar
producing speech
sounds CORRECTLY
pronounciation
PRODUCING SPEECH
SOUNDS
CLEARLY/DISTINCTLY WITH
PROPER USE OF
ARTICULATORS
articulation
GOOD ARTICULATION
+ GOOD VOLUME=
clear speech
VALUE/PROMINENCE
given to a word in a
sentence
EMPHASIS
changes in vocal volume,
rate, and pitch
VOCAL VARIETY
Types of volume
LOUD
MODERATE
SOFT
rising and
falling of
pitch
Intonation:
What intonation will we use if we are going to ask a question
Rising
What would happen if we don’t use varying of voice
it will sound flat (monotonous)
is a sound, word, or phrase that doesn’t mean anything in the context of what someone is saying.
verbal fillers
used to indicate, through symbols or codes, what a speech sound or letter sounds like.
Phonetic alphabets
Upper lip - lower lip
bilabial
lips - teeth
labio-dental
used for shua sounds
glotal
/p/
/b/
/m/
BILABIAL
/f/
/v/
LABIO-DENTAL
we curl our tongue in this articulation
retroflex
/th/
INTER-DENTAL
/t/
/d/
/n/
/s/
/z/
alveolar
/ch/
/dz/
post-aveolar
/r/
retroflex
/j/
palatal
/k/
/g/
/ng/
velar
/h/
glottal
What is the difference between vowels and consonants in terms of articulation
Vowels -requires to open our mouth wider
Consonants - doesn’t need to open your mouth that much
How do we stress a word in emphasis
we say it louder
