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Question 1

monophthongs

Answer 1

A simple vowel composed of a single configuration of vocal organs

Question 2

dipthongs

Answer 2

A complex vowel composed of a sequence of 2 different configurations of vocal organs

Question 3

nucleus

Answer 3

The core element of a syllable, carrying stress, tone, and pitch.

Question 4

running speech

Answer 4

The usual form of spoken language with all the words and phases run together without pauses in between them.

Question 5

velar

Answer 5

Sound produced by raising the back of the tongue toward the velum.

Question 6

approximants

Answer 6

constant sound produced by constriction of the vocal tract that is not narrow enough to block the vocal tract

Question 7

glides

Answer 7

sound produced with only slight closure of the articulators and that requires some movement of the articulators during production

Question 8

rounded

Answer 8

an articulation in which the lips are pursed or rounded

Question 9

tone language

Answer 9

language that uses different pitch to contrast on syllables to signal a difference in word meaning

Question 10

stress

Answer 10

a property of syllables, a stressed syllable is more prominent due to having greater loudness.

Question 11

tense

Answer 11

vowel sound that has some more peripheral position in the vowel space

Question 12

lax

Answer 12

vowel sound that has less peripheral position in the vowel space

Question 13

vowel space

Answer 13

range of possible vowel sounds of a language from high low to back vowel.

Question 14

high

Answer 14

an articulation in which the tongue is relatively high in the oral cavity.

Question 15

low

Answer 15

an articulation in which the tongue is low in the oral cavity.

Question 16

mid

Answer 16

an articulation in which the tongue is held relatively middle in the oral cavity.

Question 17

trill

Answer 17

a sound produced by bringing 2 articulators together in a series of quick taps

Question 18

formants

Answer 18

resonant frequency that amplifies some groups of harmonics above others

Question 19

aspiration

Answer 19

a puff of air that follows the release of a consonant sound when there is a delay in the onset of voicing.

Question 20

semivowels

Answer 20

sound produced with only slight closure of the articulators and that requires some movement of the articulators during production