File 2 Flashcards
Phonetics
The study of minimal units that make up language
Articulatory phonetics
The study of the production of speech sounds
Acoustic phonetics
The study of the transmission and physical property of speech sounds
Auditory Phonetics
The study of the perception of speech sounds
X-ray photography
x-rays used in conjunction with sound film.
Sound spectrograph
Equipment that generates spectrograms for speech imput
Impressionistic phonetic transcript
A method of writing down speech sounds with the intent of capturing how they are pronounced.
Segments
The individual units of the speech stream
Syllable
Unit of speech made up of an onset and a rhyme
Nucleus
The core element of a syllable, carrying stress, length, and pitch.
Monosyllabic
Consisting of only one syllable
Rhyme
In a syllable, the vowel and the consonants that follow it
Diphthongs
A complex vowel, composed of a sequence of two different configurations of vocal organs
Monophthongs
A simple vowel, composed of a single configuration of the vocal organs.
Running speech
The usual form of spoken language, with all the words and phrases run together, without pauses in between them.
