FILE2: Key Vocab Terms

Question 1

Co-articulation

Answer 1

The influence of one sound on a neighboring sound.

Question 2

Monophthong

Answer 2

A simple vowel, composed of a single configuration of the vocal organs.

Question 3

Diphthong

Answer 3

A complex vowel, composed of a sequence of two different configurations of the vocal organs.

Question 4

Articulation

Answer 4

The motion or positioning of some part of the vocal tract with respect to some other surface of the vocal tract in the production of a speech sound.

Question 5

Articulatory Description

Answer 5

The description of the motion or positioning of the parts of the vocal tract that are responsible for the production of a speech sound.

Question 6

Articulatory Gesture

Answer 6

A movement of a speech organ in the production of speech. (Ex: The movement of the velum for the production of a nasal consonant)

Question 7

Articulatory Phonetics

Answer 7

The study of the production of speech sounds.

Question 8

Bilabial

Answer 8

Consonants are made by bringing both lips close together. (five such sounds in English: p, b, m, w, wh)

Question 9

Labiodental

Answer 9

Consonants are made with the lower lip against the upper front teeth. (f, v)

Question 10

Interdentals

Answer 10

Are made with the tip of the tongue protruding between the front teeth. (th, thy)

Question 11

Alveolar Ridge

Answer 11

The bony ridges of the upper and lower jaws that contain the sockets for the teeth.

Question 12

Alveolar

Answer 12

Sounds are made with the tongue tip at or near the front of the upper Alveolar ridge.

Question 13

Post-Alveolar

Answer 13

Made with the front of the tongue just behind the Alveolar ridge, right at the front of the hard palate.

Question 14

Intonation

Answer 14

Commonly refers to the pattern of pitch movements across a stretch of speed such as a sentence.

Question 15

Pitch Accent

Answer 15

A change in fundamental frequency used to put prominence on a particular word in an utterance.

Question 16

Phrase Tone

Answer 16

A change in fundamental frequency at the end of a phrase.

Question 17

Fundamental Frequency

Answer 17

The rate at which the vocal folds vibrate during voicing. The frequency of repetition of periodic wave.

Question 18

Segments

Answer 18

The individual units of the speech stream; segments can be further subdivided into consonants and vowels.

Question 19

Suprasegmental

Answer 19

A phonetic characteristic of speech sounds, such as length, intonation, tone, or stress, that “rides on top of” segmental features.

Question 20

Glottalization

Answer 20

The production of a speech sound with creaky voice or with a simultaneous glottal stop.