File 2 (Phonetics) Flashcards
sound spectrograph
To study acoustic phonetics, phoneticians use pictures of the sounds
co-articulation
The influence of one sound on a neighboring sound
retroflex sound
curling the tip of the tongue back behind the alveolar ridge which makes a retroflex sound. (liquid)
flap
is similar to a stop in that it involves the complete obstruction of the oral cavity
palatography
a picture is made that shows where the tongue touches the roof of the mouth during a particular articulation
tone
the pitch at which the syllables in a word are pronounced
inotation
The pattern of pitch movements across a stretch of speech such as a sentence
compression
air molecules are more crowded together than usual
rarefaction
air molecules are spread farther apart than usual.
harmonics
this complex wave is composed of fundamental wave which repeats itself at the frequency of the opening and closing of the vocal folds that are multiples of the fundamental.
periodic wave
a sound wave which repeats at regular intervals
formants
peaks in the filter function
spectrogram
a common method of visually representing acoustic properties of speech sounds
aspiration
when air rushes out of the mouth after the release of the stop closure and before the onset of the vowel
semivowels
another name for glides
