Impressionistic phonetic transcript

Question 1

Palatography

Answer 1

Experimental method that shows the contact between the tongue and the roof of the mouth.

Question 2

Impressionistic Phonetic Transcription

Answer 2

A method of writing down speech sounds with the intent of capturing how they are pronounced. Usually based simply on how the sounds are perceived when heard without any special analysis.

Question 3

subglottal system

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The part of the respiratory system located below the larynx.

Question 4

alveolar

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Sound produced by raising the front of the tongue towards the front of the upper alveolar ridge.

Question 5

affricates

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Sound produced by complete obstruction of the airflow followed by a slight release of the obstruction, allowing frication. An affricate can be thought of as a combination of a stop an a fricative.

Question 6

pharynx

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The part of the oral tract above the larynx but behind the uvula. Commonly referred to as the throat.

Question 7

palatalized

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A term used to describe the articulation of a sound that involves the tongue moving toward the hard palate.

Question 8

velarized

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A term describing a secondary articulation of a speech sound that is produced with the tongue body moving toward the velum.

Question 9

suprasegmental

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A phonetic characteristic of speech sounds, such as length, intonation, tone, or stress, that “rides on top of” segmental features. Must usually be identified by comparison to the same feature on other sounds or strings of sounds.

Question 10

fundamental frequency

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

Question 11

semivowels

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(glide) sound produced with only a slight closure of the articulators and that requires some movement of the articulators during production.

Question 12

parameters

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In signed languages, aspects of articulation that describes primes.

Question 13

co-articulation

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The adjustment of articulation of a segment due to the influence of neighboring sound(s).

Question 14

monosyllabic

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Consisting of only one syllable.

Question 15

airstream mechanisms

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Any of the various ways to produce a stream of moving air through the vocal tract for the production of speech sounds. Some major mechanisms are pulmonic, glottalic, and velar; each may be produced with an egressive or an ingressive airstream.

Question 16

fricatives

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Sounds made by forming a nearly complete obstruction of the airstream so that when air passes through the small passage, turbulent airflow.

Question 17

trill

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A sound produced by bringing two articulators together in a series of quick taps.

Question 18

intonation

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Commonly refers to the pattern of pitch movements across a stretch of speech such as a sentence. The meaning of a sentence can depend in part on the intonation contour of the sentence.

Question 19

tone languages

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Language that uses pitch contrast on syllables to signal a difference in word meaning.

Question 20

rarefaction

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Physical phenomenon by which air molecules become less concentrated within a given space