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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
Q

What is phonetics?

A

the study of the speech sounds of a language

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2
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Articulatory phonetics

A

physiological phonetics, how speech sounds are made

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3
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perceptual/auditory phonetics

A

how speech sounds are precieved by a listener

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4
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acoustic phonetics

A

the physics of speech sounds

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5
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applied/clinical phonetics

A

dialects and accents, disorders

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6
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phon

A

sound, voice, speech

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7
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what is a phone?

A

a speech sound that is not speech specific

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8
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grapheme

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a letter or letter combo that represents 1 speech sounds (phoneme)

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9
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allograph

A

different letters or letter combos that make the same sound

whO bOO cUE

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10
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ghoti

A

fish

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11
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benefits of IPA

A

allows us to have a 1 to 1 system for representing symbol to sound

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12
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is IPA universal?

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YES same symbols used to represent all of the worlds languages

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13
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phoneme

A

a speech sound that is meaningful in a language

capable of differentiating morphemes

caT vs. caB

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14
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morpheme

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smallest unit of language capable of carrying meaning

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15
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free morpheme

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can stand alone and meaning is understood

ex- book

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16
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bound morpheme

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cannot stand alone

ex-bookS

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17
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minimal pairs

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pair of words that differ by one phoneme, not letter specific

kiss and miss
slap and slat
passed and last

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18
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allophone

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variant production of a phoneme, multiple ways to pronounce a speech sounds

*not capable of creating new word..same meaning no matter how it is pronounced

Pot vs. stoP or sPot

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19
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allophones with complementary distribution

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cannot exchange

ex-pit vs spit

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20
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allophones with free variation

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can be pronounced other ways

“keep”

Keep it up!

The money is yours to keep

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21
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broad transcription

A

slash marks

no attempt to capture allophones

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22
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narrow transcription

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brackets

uses brackets and diacritic marking to capture allophonic differences

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23
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citation form level

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transcribing single words in isolation

24
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connected speech

A

transcribing words at an utterance level surrounded by other words

25
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3 majors systems

A

respiratory, laryngeal, supralaryngeal

26
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parts of the respiratory system

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lungs, trachea, rib cage, chest cavity, diaphragm, abdomen

27
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egressive speech

A

produced with outward flow of air from lungs

28
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ingressive speech

A

inward flow of air from lungs

29
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phonation

A

the vibration of the vocal folds in creation of a voiced sound

30
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Glottal pulse

A

each cycle of vf vibration, number of times it happens per second

31
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males Fo

A

125 cycles per second avg

32
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females fo

A

250

33
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baby cry fo

A

500

34
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3 major air cavities of supralaryngeal system

A

nasal, oral, pharyngeal

35
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articulators

A

lips, teeth, tongue, alveolar ridge, palate, velum, glottis

36
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articulation

A

modification of the airstream by the speech organ in production of spoken language

37
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maxilla

A

upper jaw, supports upper lip

38
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mandible

A

lower jaw, supports lower lip

39
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labiodental

A

bottom lip and upper teeth

“f”

40
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interdental

A

tongue to back of upper teeth

“think” “this”

41
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apex

A

tip of tongue

42
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velum

A

soft palate

43
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velopharyngeal closure

A

constriction formed by velum and the rear wall of pharynx resulting in diversion or airflow into the oral cavity

44
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VP closed

A

oral airflow

45
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VP open

A

oral and nasal airflow

46
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vowels

A

phonemes that are produced without and constriction or blockage or airflow in VT

ALWAYS VOICED

47
Q

4 dimensions of vowels

A

height
advancement
lip rounding
tension

48
Q

height

A

high mid low

49
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advancement

A

front center back

50
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lip rounding

A

rounded, retracted

51
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tension

A

tense, lax

52
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point vowels

A 
"cardinal vowels"
extreme vowels (4 corners)

i, u, ae, a

53
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monophthong

A

a vowel phoneme consisting of one distinct articulatory element

54
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diphthong

A

a single phoneme consisting of 2 vowel elements

cow, bite, boy

55
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onglide

A

first element of a diphthong

56
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offglide

A

second element of a diphthong

57
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rhotics

A

r colored vowels

when “r’ follows a vowel it affects it

“colors” “distorts”

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