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Question 1

Articulatory phonetics

Answer 1

study of the production of speech sounds

Question 2

Acoustic phonetics

Answer 2

study of transmission and the physical properties of speech sounds

Question 3

Auditory phonetics

Answer 3

study of the perception of speech sounds

Question 4

Consonants

Answer 4

distinguished from vowels consonants are produced with constriction somewhere in the vocal tract that impedes air flow

Question 5

Vowels

Answer 5

slight narrowing and allow air to flow freely through oral cavity

Question 6

Articulatory description

Answer 6

speech sounds like the consonants of English

Question 7

Articulatory gesture

Answer 7

motion or positioning of some part of the vocal tract

Question 8

Segmental features

Answer 8

The voice placing, and manner of articulation

Question 9

Voiceless sounds

Answer 9

sounds made without vibration in the voice

Question 10

Voiced sounds

Answer 10

sounds made with vocal folds vibrating

Question 11

Bilabial

Answer 11

consonants are made by bringing both lips close together

Question 12

Labiodental

Answer 12

consonants are made with lower lips against the upper front teeth

Question 13

Interdentals

Answer 13

are made with the tip of the tongue protruding between the front teeth

Question 14

Palatal

Answer 14

sounds made with the body of the tongue near center of the hard portion of the roof of the mouth

Question 15

Velar

Answer 15

consonants are produced at the velum (soft palate) soft part of the roof of the mouth

Question 16

Affricatives

Answer 16

made by forming a nearly complete obstruction of the vocal tract

Question 17

Approximants

Answer 17

consonants involve constriction of the vocal tract, constrictions are narrow enough to block vocal tract or cause turbulence

Question 18

Retroflex

Answer 18

curling the tip of the tongue back behind the alveolar ridge to make this sound

Question 19

Glides

Answer 19

made with only a slight closure of the articulators requiring some movement of articulators during production

Question 20

Palatography

Answer 20

a picture is made that shows where the tongue touches the roof of the mouth during a particular articulation