Exam 1 Articulators

Question 1

What type of airflow do we use in english?

Answer 1

egressive (breathing outwards, expiration)

Question 2

what is inspiration

Answer 2

ingressive airflow used by diaphragm and intercostal muscles

Question 3

Filter

Answer 3

nasal cavitiy, oral cavity

Question 4

Source

Answer 4

larynx, place where sound originates

Question 5

When we are breathing, our vocal folds are

Answer 5

aBducted, voiceless

Question 6

During phonation, vocal folds are

Answer 6

adducted, voicing

Question 7

Larynx controls…

Answer 7

whether we are phonating or not, pitch

Question 8

Pitch is determined by…

Answer 8

the mass of the vocal folds
less mass= higher pitch
more tension/thinness= higher pitch

Question 9

Periodic vibration

Answer 9

regular, structured waveforms

Question 10

Aperiodic

Answer 10

irregular wave forms

Question 11

Supralaryngeal components

Answer 11

pharyngeal cavity (space between larynx and oral/nasal cavity), oral cavity, nasal cavity, (all of these are major air cavities and create resonance), articulators (velum, jaw, tongue, lips)

Question 12

Fundamental frequency

Answer 12

f0= the frequency of vibration at the laryngeal source

Question 13

Velum

Answer 13

soft palate
oral sounds: velum raised
nasal: velum lowered

Question 14

tongue

Answer 14

tip-blade-dorsum

Question 15

places of articulation

Answer 15

upper lip/lower lip
upper teeth/lower teeth
alveolar ridge
hard palate/soft palate (velum)
tongue