Intro to Phonetics (SHS 250) Flashcards

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Abduction

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Apart

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Addition

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Inserting an unnecessary phoneme

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Adduction

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Together

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Affricates

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A stop combined with a fricative

Often used in African languages and in German

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Allographs

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Different letters or combinations of letters that represent the same phoneme

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Allophone

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Variations of a phoneme but considered the same phoneme

A variation of a phoneme that doesn’t change the meaning

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Common Allophones for Consonants

in Standard American English

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Aspirated Consonants

Unreleased Consonants

Velarized /l̰/

Devoicing

Alvealor Flap /Ը/

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Alphabet

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A set of letters and other characters that are used for writing in a specific language

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Why do we need a phonetic alphabet?

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(1) There is one symbol for one sound = isomorphism
(2) The sound is written the same across languages
(3) It shows all sounds that must be pronounced
(4) The symbols doesn’t change
(5) There are no silent letters

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Alvealor Flap /Ը/

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Happens when the /t/ or /d/ occurs between vowels or between a vowel and a syllabic nasal or liquid

Writer & Rider = /rɑ͞ɪԸɚ/ - or- /rɑ͞ɪԸṛ/
Patty & Paddy = /pæԸɪ/

Better buy the butter, we’ll get the ladder later

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Alveolar Ridge

/ælˈvi(ə)lər/ , /ˈˌælviˈoʊlər/

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The jaw ridges either on the roof of the mouth between the upper teeth and the hard palate

Its surface is covered with little ridges.

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(Alveo)palatals

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Can be articulated using the blade of the tongue & the palate

  • OR -

Can be articulated using the center of the tongue & the palate

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Two Subgroups of (Alveo)palatals

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Alveopalatals

Palatals

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Anticipatory

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Most common type of assimilation in English

Occurs when a sound is altered in anticipation of the sound to follow

Can show shingling or blending

input = [ ɪmpʊt ]
tenth = [ tɛn̪θ ]
ASU becomes [ e͞ɪɛʃu ]

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Manner of Articulation

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How a sound is formed

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Possible Manners of Articulation

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Stops

Fricatives

Affricates

Nasals

Liquids

Glides

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Place of Articulation

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Where a sound is formed

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Possible Places of Articulation

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Bilabial

Labiodental

Interdental

(Lingua)Aveolar

Alveopalatal

Velar

Glottal

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Articulators

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Moving structures of the oral tract that are used to produce sounds

Tongue
Jaw
Velum
Lips
Pharyngeal Walls
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Aspiration

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When an interval of friction (such a puff of air or /h/) accompanies a stop

Voiceless stops are always somewhat aspirated unless following /s/ especially if they are releasing sounds

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Assimilation

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The change of a sound segment whereby it takes on characteristics of neighboring sounds

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Types of Assimilation

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Shingling/Spreading

Blending/Co-Production

Anticipatory

Retentive Assimilation

Reduplication

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Retentive Assimilation

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A sound that retains characteristics of a sound that has proceeded it

me = /mĩ/ 
try = /tr̥ɑ͞ɪ/
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Aspirated Consonants

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/p/, /t/ , & /k/

Can be aspirated in word initial position

/pͪ/, /tͪ/ , & /kͪ/

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Bilabials
Articulated using both Lips
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Blending Co-Production
As if the proximity of two words to each other creates a fusion in which a hybrid sound is created ASU = /e͞ɪ/ /ɛs/ /ju/ becomes [ e͞ɪɛʃu ]
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Breath Group | 3
A sequence of words and/or syllables produced on a single expiration. Usually 10 seconds long in normal conversation Usually occurs in syntactically appropriate places like at the end of a clause
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Bunched
Type of articulation of /r/ where the tongue's blade is elevated towards the palate and the tip is down
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F1-F2 Chart F1-F2 Graph
Articulatory vowel space map
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Clicks
Stops produced with ingressive air flow
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Coarticulation
When the sound is produced differently because of the influence of sounds in its phonetic context The overlapping of adjacent articulations
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Coda
The arresting consonant
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Linguistic Complexity | 1+4
A scale rating the difficulty of producing speech ``` isolated sound | sound within a word | sound within a sentence | continuous speech ```
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Response Complexity
Are we looking for a single sound or multiple sounds?
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Cognate
Voiced & Voiceless Pairs /b/ vs /p/ /g/ vs. /k/
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Consonants
A speech sound that is produced with a significant constriction of the oral/pharyngeal cavities Consonants generally are not syllable nuclei - except under certain circumstances
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Three Dimensions of Consonants
Voice or Unvoiced? Place of Articulation Manner or Articulation
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Minimal Contrasts
Two morphemes differing in only one sound segment (pit, bit, mitt, etc.)
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Deletion
Not producing a required sound
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Dentalized
A sound made by the tongue touching the teeth
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Derhotacization
Where an r-colored vowel loses some or all of its r-color
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Devoicing
Stops and fricatives become partially devoiced at the end of words /b̥/, /d̥/, /g̥/, /v̥/, /ð̥/, /z̥/, /ʒ̥/, /ʤ̥/ Liquids, glides, and nasals can become devoiced after voiceless sounds /m̥/, /n̥/, /ŋ̥/, /l̥/, /r̥/, /j̥/, & /w̥/ /pl̥e͞ɪ/ /sw̥ɪm/ /sn̥o͞ʊ/
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Diagraphs
Two or more alphabetic characters that represent a single sound
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Dialect | 3
A subset within a language Patterns of use based on regional or social boundaries Patterns of phoneme use and/or word choice and grammar use.
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Regional Dialects
Dialects characteristic of people living in a certain region
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Dictionary
A list of a language's words
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Diphthongs | 3
A vowel with a gradual transition from one vowel-like articulation to another Represented by a pair of symbols Examples: - The vowel sounds in "cow", "bait", or "slow"
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Phonemic Diphthongs
/ɑɪ/ /ɔɪ/ /aʊ/
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Phonetic Diphthongs
/eɪ/ /oʊ/
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Diphthongization
When a vowel that is normal produced as a monophthong is articulated as a diphthong Example: Southern Dialects
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Distortion
Not pronouncing a phoneme correctly
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Complementary Distribution
Allophones that occur due to placement in word (Pat vs. maP, beginning letters will most likely be aspirated) Allophones are predictable in complementary distribution
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Egressive
Sounds produced by air exiting the lungs. All English sounds are egressive.
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Ejective
A stop made with a glottalic, egressive airstream
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Radiated Acoustic Energy
The sound that leaves the mouth and reaches the ears
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Epiglottis | 3
It guards the entrance of the glottis A flap of cartilage located in the throat behind the tongue and in front of the larynx. Usually upright to allow air to pass but will folds backward to cover the entrance of the larynx so food and liquid do not enter the windpipe and lungs.
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Flap
One tap trill
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Formants
Particular sets of resonators
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Formant Frequency
The frequency at the center/midpoint of the formant's energy band
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Fundamental Frequency | 6
F₀ The rate of vocal fold vibration Measured in Hertz High frequency = high pitch, low frequency = low pitch The frequency of vibration decreases with age and maturity of the vocal track The frequency of vibration also associated with mass
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Fricatives
Constricted air passage created friction like sound called friction or turbulence Continuous flow of air
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A more intense fricative is called a...
Sibilant
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Geminate
Sounds that occur as a pair Examples: - booKKeeper - saD Day
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Glides
Similar to liquids in degree of constriction Different in that each sound starts out in near vowel position and like a diphthong is gradually glided to the final position The glide describes the sound of transition
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Glottals
Articulated using only the larynx/vocal chords Supralaryngeal structures can be in any position, as long as there is not constriction
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Glottis
For this class, the vocal folds Actually the opening between the folds
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Graphemes
Alphabet letters
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Hard palate
The thin horizontal bony plate of the skull, located in the roof of the mouth.
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Hertz
Hz The number of complete cycles per second.
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Homorganic
Sounds that share the same PLACE of articulation
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Homotypic
Sounds that share the same MANNER of articulation
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Ideo-
Personal, distinct
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Ideolect
One's personal, unique form of spoken language
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Voiced Implosives
Sound made with a glottalic, ingressive airstream
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Ingressive
Sounds produced by air entering the lungs
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Interdentals
Articulated using the tongue tip & the teeth Can train by instructing someone to place their tongue in between teeth and blow
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Intonation | 3
What marks sentences as declarative or interrogative Places emphasis on certain words Signifies emotions and attitudes
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IPA | 3
International Phonetic Alphabet The standard phonetic Alphabet It provides cross linguistic consistency
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Labiodentals
Articulated by placing teeth on lip
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Language
A system that uses sounds, signs, or symbols to communicate Each element can be broken into areas of more detailed study
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"Taxonomy" of Language | 6
(1) Conversation: Sentences (2) Phrases (3) Words (4) Morphemes (5) Phonemes (6) Allophones
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Larynx | 4
"Voice box" Mostly made of cartilage & muscles Housed between the trachea and the hyoid bone; includes the thyroid cartilage as well as other cartilages and muscles Houses the vocal folds
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Lax
Vowels with less muscular activity and less duration /ɪ/ /ɛ/ /æ/ /ʊ/ + central vowels
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-lect
Choose Read
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Lexicon
A list of a language's morphemes
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Lingua-
Tongue
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(Lingua)Alveolars
Produced by the tongue tip touching the alveolar ridge (not teeth) Can train by instructing don't touch your teeth
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Lips | 4
Open and close (Pop) Round and/or protrude (yOU) Supported by jaw Lower lip usually moves more than the upper lip
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Liquids
Doesn't have a specific place of articulation Vocal tract constricted only somewhat more than for vowels Variability of precise point of contact for articulators - you could say that it is fluid
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Two Types of Liquids
Lateral Liquids Rhotic Liquids
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Lateral Liquids
Aveolar contact Dorsum /o/-like position Lateral opening for airflow (Meaning that air comes out from the sides of the tongue)
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Rhotic Liquids
Palatal constriction Retroflex or bunched articulation with the tip down & blade elevated Can also be produced with the tongue tip curled back slightly but not quite touching the alveolar ridege
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Mandible
The jaw Contributes to the movements of the tongue and the lower lip
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Diacritic Marks | 3
Marks that are used to notate the variations in phoneme pronunciation Indicate subtle phonetic differences Symbolize allophonic variation
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Mono-
One
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Monophthong /məˈnɑpˌθɑŋ/ (4)
A pure vowel A single, unchained vowel sound Represented by a single IPA symbol Examples: - The vowel in "bit" or "head"
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Monophthongization
When a diphthong is produced as a monophthong
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Morphs | 4
Morpheme-like or fake morphemes Have no linguistic meaning Are used as a connectors, Example: "drunkometer"
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Morpheme
The smallest unit of language that still carries semantic interpretation Examples: - Anti- - Cat
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Morphemics Morphology
The study of morphemes
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Morphology
The study of the structure of words
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Nasals
Airflow goes through the nasal cavity (velopharyngeal port in open position) All are voiced Contract of articulators in oral cavity shapes and produces unique sound based on place of articulation
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Nasalization
When the velopharynx is open to some to degree in a sound where it is normally closed. Usually this is because of a preceding or following sound.
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Obstruent
There is closure of the vocal tract, stopping or interfering with airflow - Stops - Fricatives - Affricates
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Offglide
The second vowel sound in a diphthong
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Omission
Not producing a required sound
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Onglide
The first vowel sound in a diphthong
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Onset
The releasing consonant
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Minimal Pairs
Two morphemes differing in only one sound segment (pit, bit, mitt, etc.)
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Pharyngeal Wall
Part of the Pharnyx
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Pharynx Pharyngeal Cavity (3)
Directly above larynx, behind the mouth, and under the nasal cavity Basically a muscular tube Divides into oral & nasal cavities
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Phone
An individual speech sound
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Phoneme
The smallest unit of sound that can change the difference between morphemes Differs across languages
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Phonetics
The study of the perception and production of speech sounds
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Acoustic Phonetics
The study of phonetics with respect to the physics of sound The study of phonetics with respect to the acoustic properties of sound
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Articulatory Phonetics
The study of phonetics with emphasis on the position and movement of the articulators The study of how sounds are formed.
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Clinical Phonetics
Phonetics as it apples to disorders Phonetics as it relates to the professional concern of SLPs
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Phonology | 3
The study of The pattern of speech sounds The sound systems The structure and function of sounds
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-Phthongos
Voice Sound
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Postvocalic
A sound occurring after a given vowel
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Prevocalic
The sound before a given vowel. This is usually a consonant.
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Prevoiced
Vocal fold vibrations begin before stop is released
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Pulmonic
Air is coming out of the lungs All English sounds are pulmonic
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Reduction
Reducing the stress level of a vowel or relaxing its tenseness in conversational speech
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Reduplication
The second syllable becomes a repetition the first bottle = /bɑbɑ/
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Resonator
Something that reinforces certain aspects of a sound
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Retroflex
Turning or turned back Type of articulation of /r/ where the tongue is midcentral and the tip is raised and tipped back slightly
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Five Way Scoring | 5
``` Looking at ... Right or wrong pronunciation? Deletion or Omission? Substitution? Distortion? Addition? ```
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Two Way Scoring
The simplest scoring method Basically, is this one phoneme being pronounced correctly or incorrectly?
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Semantics
The study of the meaning of words and sentences
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Shingling Spreading
As if the characteristics permeate nearby sounds, much like a gas or cast a shadow over neighboring sounds - coloring them ``` input = [ ɪmpʊt ] tenth = [ tɛn̪θ ] ```
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Sibilant (Strident)
Sound that has a high and loud frequency vibration to it Mainly: /s/, /z/, /ʃ/, & /ʤ/
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Non-Sibilants
/h/, /θ/, & /ð/
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Sonorant
Everything that is not a obstruent A speech sound that is produced with continuous, non-turbulent airflow in the vocal tract - Nasals - Glides - Liquids
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Arresting Sound
The sound at the end of the word
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Final Sound
A sound located at the end of the word
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Initial Sound
A sound located at the beginning of a word
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Medial Sound
A sound located in the middle of the word
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Oral Radiation of Sound
The way sound energy enters the oral cavity
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Nasal Radiation of Sound
The way sound energy enters the nasal cavity
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Releasing Sound
The sound at the beginning of the word
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Target Sound
The phoneme being scored
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Spectogram
A visual look at the formants in acoustic analysis A three dimensional display of sound
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Spectrum
Graph of energy versus frequency
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Speech
A pattern of sounds produced by movement of the speech organs A pattern of acoustic vibrations
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Speech articulation is...
Flexible and adaptive. The typical formation of a sound and its actual formation varies with the phonetic context of the sound
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Speech Community
A group of people living within the same geographic boundaries who use the same language
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Stops
Formed by a complete temporary closure to the vocal tract Air is completely stopped behind articulators then released all at once Also called plosives
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Stop Burst
Short burst of noise that occurs when impounded air from a stop consonant is released
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Substitution
Replacing the correct phoneme with an incorrect phoneme
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Closed Syllable
Ends in a consonant
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Syllabary
A phonetic writing system that uses symbols to represent syllables (instead of individual phonemes)
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Open Syllable
Does not end in a consonant
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Phonetic Symbols
Symbols that are used to represent allophones and other phonetic variations of phonemes
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Syntax
The study of the way words combine to form sentences
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Laryngeal System | 3
Sound source = Larynx ("voice box") Sound is produced by the vibrations of the vocal folds (chords) as air sets them in motion Vibration is necessary for sound
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Respiratory System | 5
The air source Lungs Trachea & air passages Ribcage & abdomen Thoracic muscles Inhalation & expiration
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Three Roles of Respiratory System | 3
Drawing in air by muscle contractions which increases the volume of the thoracic cavity Respiratory muscles release air into larynx & supralaryngeal system in order to produce speech Respiratory muscles provide additional pulses of energy by a forceful squeezing of the thoracic cavity. This is usually used for special emphasis or loudness.
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Supralaryngeal System | 4
Sound filter Everything above larynx Filters and shapes sound as it travels Has three cavities Pharyngeal Oral - sound only goes through oral cavity Nasal - sound goes through both nasal and oral cavity
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Temporomandibular Joint
The hinge where your jaw meets your skull
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Tense
Vowels with greater muscular activity and longer duration /i/ /e/ /u/ /o/ /ɔ/ /ɑ/
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Source-Filter Theory
Energy from the source (larynx) is filtered by the resonances of the vocal tract.
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Thomas Hixon on Speech
Speech is the process of gradually making oneself smaller
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Thoracic Cavity
Chest cavity
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Tongue | 2+4
Muscular organ with no internal skeleton, but who gets some skeletal support from the jaw and the hyoid bone. Is connected to the Skull Palate Pharynx Epiglottis
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Five (Six?) Parts of the Tongue | 6
Body Tip Blade Center - Dorsum Back - Dorsum Root
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Tongue Height
The relative, vertical position of the tongue
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Tongue Advancement
The front to back positioning of the tongue when producing vowels Front Center Back
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Blade of the Tongue | 3
Located just behind the tip Makes constrictions for a small number of sounds like "th" or "sh" Helps shape the tongue for other speech sounds
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Body of the Tongue
The primary bulk of the tongue
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Dorsum of the Tongue
The Center and the Back A rather large portion of your tongue that connects with both the hard palate (Center) and the soft palate (Back)
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Root of the Tongue
The long segment that forms the front wall of the larynx Is not used to make consonants in English, but is important for vowel formation
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Tip of the Tongue
The apex of the tongue 50% of English consonants use the tip of the tongue
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Trachea
Air pipe Connects the lungs to the larynx
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Transcription
Using symbols to represent the production of speech sounds.
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Broad Transcription | 3
General detail Written in basic phonemes Written in slashes /x/
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Narrow Transcription | 3
Fine detail Written exactly how it was said using diacritic marks Written in brackets [x]
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Phonemic Transcription
The identification of phonemes /written in slashes/
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Phonetic Transcription
The identification of allophones [written in brackets] The highest level of scoring.
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Trill
A flow of air that is directed between two articulators that are held together with just enough tension to produce vibration
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Unreleased Consonants
/p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/, & /g/ Can be unrealeased at the the end of words /p̚/, /b̚/, /t̚/, /d̚/, /k̚/, & /g̚/͏
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Uvula
The tip of the velum The thing that hangs down in the back of your throat
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Free Variation | 3
Allophones that can be exchange with other allophones where both are correct Allophones that are random with no pattern These can each occur for emphasis, etc.
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Velars
Articulated using the dorsum of the tongue & the velum
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Subgroup of Velars
Labiovelars
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Velarized /l̰/
Occurs when /l/ is after a vowel and in word final position: Also called "dark /l/" Can occur without anterior contact pull = /pʊl̰/
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Velum Soft Palate
Presses against the back and side walls of pharynx to close off the nasal cavity. It lowers to open nasal cavity
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Velopharyngeal Port
The opening between the oral pharyngeal and nasal cavities
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Vocal Folds | 8
Small cushions of muscles Bilateral muscles 3/4 inches long in males, but shorter in women and in children Attaches to the "Adam's Apple" Kept apart during breathing, but is brought together to vibrate when we speak. Can vibrate with both egressive and ingressive air flow Open from the top and close at the bottom. Can open 100+ times a second
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Vocal Fold Vibration | 3
When vocal folds are adducted, (but not completely or it would block air flow) the folds vibrate causing pulses of air The rapid opening and closing of the vocal folds is what creates voice The rate of vocal fold vibration is called fundamental frequency - F₀
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Upper Surface of the Vocal Tract | 8
Lip Teeth Alveolar ridge Hard palate Velum Uvula Pharyngeal wall Glottis (for this class, the vocal folds)
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Lower Surface of the Vocal Tract | 4
Lip Teeth Mandible (jaw) Tongue
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Voice Onset Time
The interval between articulation (of a consonant) and onset of voicing In English, VOT is longer after voiceless stops than after voiced stops
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Voicing
Vibration of the vocal folds during sound production
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Vowel | 4
A speech sound formed without a significant construction of air flow (in the oral and pharangyeal cavities) Vowels usually serve as the syllable nucleus Vowels are usually longer than consonants American English vowels are voiced, unless whispered. This is not true across languages
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Vowels before voiced consonants are...
...usually lengthened
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The Four Areas of Vowel Specificity | 7
Front-Back Continuum High-Low Continuum Tense-Lax Pairs Lip Rounding: + or - - These terms can only provide a conceptual framework. - They are based on measurement, but it not exact science - These terms can be considered relative to each other
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High Vowels
Vowels produced in the highest position with the tongue closest to the roof of the mouth
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High Front Vowels
/i/ heat
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High Back Vowels
/u/ hoot
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Low Vowels
Vowels produced in the lowest position with the tongue depressed in mouth
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Low Front Vowels
/æ/ hat
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Low Back Vowels
/ɑ/ hot
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Point Vowel Corner Vowel
A vowel produced in the extreme corner of the vowel quadrilateral /i/ for example
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Rhotacized Vowel R-Colored Vowel Retroflex Vowel
Vowel that takes on some qualities of /r/
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Rounded Vowels
Vowels produced with the lips in a pursed and protruded state /u/ /ʊ/ /o/ /ɔ/ /ɝ/ /ɚ/
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Unrounded Vowels
Vowels formed without pursing or protrusion of the lips /i/ /ɪ/ /e/ /ɛ/ /æ/ /ɑ/ /ʌ/ /ə/ All front vowels + /ɑ/ /ʌ/ /ə/
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Vowel Series - Front Describe
All are unrounded with the tongue positioned in front All front vowels are unrounded in English /i/ /ɪ/ /e/ /ɛ/ /æ/
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Vowel Series - Central Describe
The tongue body is in the center. Rounding varies.
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Vowel Series - Back Describe
All but /ɑ/ are rounded. The tongue is positioned in back. /u/ /ʊ/ /o/ or /oʊ/ /ɔ/ /ɑ/
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What Vowel Series occurs most often in Standard American English?
Front Vowels
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Acoustic Vowel Space
A graphical method of showing where a speech sound is located Graphs both "acoustic" & "articulatory" space.
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/w/ & /ʍ/
Have two places of articulation - Labial - Velar
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/m/ is produced in the same fashion as...
/b/ & /p/ Except velopharnyx is open
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Suprasegmentals
The parts of speech beyond phonemes A catagory
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Prosody
Tone Intonation Stress Timing Rhythm Loudness Tempo
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Melody
Is sometimes used as a synonym for "prosody", but it's not the same
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Intonation
Pattern or melody of continuing pitch changes
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Pitch Level
Relative level of pitch across the entire utterance
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Intonation Contour Pitch Contour
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Pitch Declination Sentence Declination
The overall fall in pitch over an entire utterance We usually start at a higher pitch which is gradually reduced This signals the end of a sentence or phrase
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Linear Declination Theory
Pitch falls gradually and linearly throughout a sentence or claus
240
Breath Group Theory
A declarative sentence can be broken into nonterminal and terminal parts Variation in pitch are only permitted in the terminal parts
241
Fall of pitch and intensity at the end of a breath group...
...is an important acoustic syntactical clue
242
Pitch Resetting
Pitch can be reset to start at a higher level This signals that a new syntactical unit is being produced
243
Stress
Degree of emphasis associated with a particular syllable in a word Degree of emphasis associated with a particular word in a phrase, clause or sentence
244
Stress can be conveyed by...
Pitch Intensity Duration
245
Contrastive Stress
When we deviate from the usual or expected stress patterns in an utterance It is used to draw attention to a particular element (syllable, word, etc.)
246
Lexical Stress
The stress pattern intrinsic to a word
247
Phrasal Stress
Stress that is not uniform
248
New vs. Given Information
We use prosody to highlight words that represent new information
249
Tempo
Syllable/Minute -or- Words/Minute Tempo can be looked at as a whole (fast, medium, or slow speech) It can also change within a speech sample
250
Tempo can be changed to...
...convey emotion, the communication setting, etc.
251
What are durations like when the tempo is slow?
Longer
252
What are durations like when the tempo is fast?
Shorter
253
How are vowels affected when the tempo is fast?
Stressed vowels are better preserved than unstressed ones
254
Undershoot
When speaking fast, we may reduce the extent of articulation movement of a sound
255
Rhythm
Distribution of events in time
256
Isochrony
Speech units that have about the same duration
257
Stress-Timed Rhythm
Stressed syllables are longer than unstressed syllables This is common in languages such as English, German, and Dutch
258
Syllable-Timed Rhythm
Syllables are the same length no matter the stress This is common in languages such as Spanish & French
259
Mora-Timed Rhythm
Sound determines the syllable weight which determines the stress
260
Pause Juncture
Periods of silence
261
What is accomplished by pauses (junctures)?
It marks the boundaries between phrases & clauses Hesitations while retrieving a word or organizing thought Increase the sense of anticipation (Pause for Effect)
262
Boundary Effects Edge Effects
Phonological or phonetic characteristics that appear at the margin of a linguistical unit. Seems to help the listener parse speech into grammatical constituents
263
Loudness
The perceived magnitude of sound
264
Vocal Effect
Changes based on the distance between the speaker and the listener
265
Motherese
Infant-Directed Speech Has a higher pitch, exaggerated intonation, and increased word repetition
266
Clear Speech
Used when we really want to be understood in a difficult listening situation Typically has a greater pitch variation, a slowed rate, stronger articulation, and larger vowel movement
267
Conversational Speech
Faster rate Smaller range of articulatory movement Deletion of some unstressed syllables
268
Paralanguage
The parts of speech beyond segmental rep and prosody Non-verbal properties that convey emotion, attitude, & demeanor
269
Does non-verbal mean non-vocal?
No
270
What separates conversation from the speech of something like a radio broadcast?
Characteristics related to emotion, speaking style, voice quality, and voice qualifications
271
Vocal Qualifier
The technical term for the tone of voice used to convey emotion
272
Vocal Diffentiator
The vocal expression of emotion including crying & laughing
273
Vocal Identifier
Sound that is not necessarily a word but can still express meaning
274
Pitch is related to....
Fundamental Frequency
275
What can stress alter?
Vowel & consonantal articulation The articulatory movement becomes larger and the articulatory positions become more extreme
276
Rhyme
Comprised of the nucleus and an optional coda
277
Nucleus
Vowel element of a syllable
278
Syllable
Onset & Rhyme Nucleus & Coda
279
What are phoneme sequencing constraints?
The consonant clusters not allowed in a particular language
280
How can syllables be categorized?
As heavy or light
281
How are sounds classified?
As sonorants & non-sonorants In reality, there difference between the two is more of a spectrum than all-or-none
282
Young children often omit...
...unstressed syllables
283
Prosody Profile
PROP Designed to profile prosodic disability by... - Tone Units - Tones - Tonicity
284
Tone Units
The organization of connected speech into clauses, phrases, & words
285
Tones
Elemental components from which tone units are constructed
286
Tonicity
Tonic placement
287
Prosody-Voice Screening Profile
PVSP Qualifies deviant prosody & voice Each utterance is scored as appropriate or inappropriate
288
Profiling Element of Prosodic Systems - Child Version
PEPS-C Examines both input and output of prosody interaction, affect, chunking, and focus
289
Interaction
Use of intonation to mark boundaries at conversational turn-ends This indicates what kind of response is required or expected
290
Affect
Intonation that expresses mood, emotion, or attitude
291
Chunking
Prosodic grouping of words that "chunks" speech
292
Focus
Communicating focal information by prosody
293
What system did the IPA adopt for transcribing voice quality?
Laver's System
294
Coarticulation
A sound being influenced by the sounds around it
295
Diacritics
Accent & pronunciation marks
296
Where are tongue position diacritic symbols located?
Directly under the phoneme
297
Where are lip position diacritic symbols located?
Over the phoneme Under stress symbols Under nasal symbols
298
Where are onglide diacritic symbols located?
In the upper lefthand corner of phoneme
299
Where are stress diacritic symbols located?
Over the phoneme
300
Where are nasal diacritic symbols located?
Over the phoneme Under stress symbols
301
Where are sound source & larynx diacritic symbols located?
Under the phoneme Under tongue position symbols
302
Where are syllabic syllable diacritic symbols located?
Under the phoneme Under tongue position symbols Under sound source symbols
303
Where are offglide diacritic symbols located?
In the upper righthand corner of the phoneme
304
Where are stop-release diacritic symbols located?
In the upper righthand corner of phoneme
305
Where are timing diacritic symbols located?
To the right of phoneme
306
Where are juncture diacritic symbols located?
To the right of phoneme To the right of timing symbols
307
Why do individuals with Cleft Palate (or other velopharyngeal deficiencies) often have nasal emissions in their speech?
They cannot close their velopharyngeal port tightly
308
Nasal Symbols
Nasalized Nasal Emission Denasalized
309
Lip Symbols
Rounded Vowel Unrounded Vowel Labialized Consonant Nonlabialized Consonant Inverted Lip
310
Tongue Symbols
Dentalized Palatalized Lateralized Rhotacized Velarized Centralized Retracted Advanced Raised Lowered Fronted Backed Derhotacized
311
Sound Source Symbols
Partially Voiced Partially Devoiced Glottalized (Creaky Voice) Breathy (Murmured) Frictionalized Whistled (Hissed) Trilled
312
Stop-Release Symbols
Aspirated Unaspirated Unreleased
313
Timing & Juncture Symbols
Lengthened Shortened Close Juncture Syllabic Open Juncture Internal Open Juncture Falling Terminal Juncture Rising Terminal Juncture Checked (Held) Juncture
314
Spondees
Two syllable words that have equal stress on both syllables
315
Syllabification
When a consonant serves as a syllable nucleus
316
Suprasegmentals
The parts of speech beyond phonemes A catagory
317
Prosody
Tone Intonation Stress Timing Rhythm Loudness Tempo
318
Melody
Is sometimes used as a synonym for "prosody", but it's not the same
319
Intonation
Pattern or melody of continuing pitch changes
320
Pitch Level
Relative level of pitch across the entire utterance
321
Intonation Contour Pitch Contour
????
322
Pitch Declination Sentence Declination
The overall fall in pitch over an entire utterance We usually start at a higher pitch which is gradually reduced This signals the end of a sentence or phrase
323
Linear Declination Theory
Pitch falls gradually and linearly throughout a sentence or claus
324
Breath Group Theory
A declarative sentence can be broken into nonterminal and terminal parts Variation in pitch are only permitted in the terminal parts
325
Fall of pitch and intensity at the end of a breath group...
...is an important acoustic syntactical clue
326
Pitch Resetting
Pitch can be reset to start at a higher level This signals that a new syntactical unit is being produced
327
Stress
Degree of emphasis associated with a particular syllable in a word Degree of emphasis associated with a particular word in a phrase, clause or sentence
328
Stress can be conveyed by...
Pitch Intensity Duration
329
Contrastive Stress
When we deviate from the usual or expected stress patterns in an utterance It is used to draw attention to a particular element (syllable, word, etc.)
330
Lexical Stress
The stress pattern intrinsic to a word
331
Phrasal Stress
Stress that is not uniform
332
New vs. Given Information
We use prosody to highlight words that represent new information
333
Tempo
Syllable/Minute -or- Words/Minute Tempo can be looked at as a whole (fast, medium, or slow speech) It can also change within a speech sample
334
Tempo can be changed to...
...convey emotion, the communication setting, etc.
335
What are durations like when the tempo is slow?
Longer
336
What are durations like when the tempo is fast?
Shorter
337
How are vowels affected when the tempo is fast?
Stressed vowels are better preserved than unstressed ones
338
Undershoot
When speaking fast, we may reduce the extent of articulation movement of a sound
339
Rhythm
Distribution of events in time
340
Isochrony
Speech units that have about the same duration
341
Stress-Timed Rhythm
Stressed syllables are longer than unstressed syllables This is common in languages such as English, German, and Dutch
342
Syllable-Timed Rhythm
Syllables are the same length no matter the stress This is common in languages such as Spanish & French
343
Mora-Timed Rhythm
Sound determines the syllable weight which determines the stress
344
Pause Juncture
Periods of silence
345
What is accomplished by pauses (junctures)?
It marks the boundaries between phrases & clauses Hesitations while retrieving a word or organizing thought Increase the sense of anticipation (Pause for Effect)
346
Boundary Effects Edge Effects
Phonological or phonetic characteristics that appear at the margin of a linguistical unit. Seems to help the listener parse speech into grammatical constituents
347
Loudness
The perceived magnitude of sound
348
Vocal Effect
Changes based on the distance between the speaker and the listener
349
Motherese
Infant-Directed Speech Has a higher pitch, exaggerated intonation, and increased word repetition
350
Clear Speech
Used when we really want to be understood in a difficult listening situation Typically has a greater pitch variation, a slowed rate, stronger articulation, and larger vowel movement
351
Conversational Speech
Faster rate Smaller range of articulatory movement Deletion of some unstressed syllables
352
Paralanguage
The parts of speech beyond segmental rep and prosody Non-verbal properties that convey emotion, attitude, & demeanor
353
Does non-verbal mean non-vocal?
No
354
What separates conversation from the speech of something like a radio broadcast?
Characteristics related to emotion, speaking style, voice quality, and voice qualifications
355
Vocal Qualifier
The technical term for the tone of voice used to convey emotion
356
Vocal Diffentiator
The vocal expression of emotion including crying & laughing
357
Vocal Identifier
Sound that is not necessarily a word but can still express meaning
358
Pitch is related to....
Fundamental Frequency
359
What can stress alter?
Vowel & consonantal articulation The articulatory movement becomes larger and the articulatory positions become more extreme
360
Rhyme
Comprised of the nucleus and an optional coda
361
Nucleus
Vowel element of a syllable
362
Syllable
Onset & Rhyme Nucleus & Coda
363
What are phoneme sequencing constraints?
The consonant clusters not allowed in a particular language
364
How can syllables be categorized?
As heavy or light
365
How are sounds classified?
As sonorants & non-sonorants In reality, there difference between the two is more of a spectrum than all-or-none
366
Young children often omit...
...unstressed syllables
367
Prosody Profile
PROP Designed to profile prosodic disability by... - Tone Units - Tones - Tonicity
368
Tone Units
The organization of connected speech into clauses, phrases, & words
369
Tones
Elemental components from which tone units are constructed
370
Tonicity
Tonic placement
371
Prosody-Voice Screening Profile
PVSP Qualifies deviant prosody & voice Each utterance is scored as appropriate or inappropriate
372
Profiling Element of Prosodic Systems - Child Version
PEPS-C Examines both input and output of prosody interaction, affect, chunking, and focus
373
Interaction
Use of intonation to mark boundaries at conversational turn-ends This indicates what kind of response is required or expected
374
Affect
Intonation that expresses mood, emotion, or attitude
375
Chunking
Prosodic grouping of words that "chunks" speech
376
Focus
Communicating focal information by prosody
377
What system did the IPA adopt for transcribing voice quality?
Laver's System
378
Coarticulation
A sound being influenced by the sounds around it
379
Diacritics
Accent & pronunciation marks
380
Where are tongue position diacritic symbols located?
Directly under the phoneme
381
Where are lip position diacritic symbols located?
Over the phoneme Under stress symbols Under nasal symbols
382
Where are onglide diacritic symbols located?
In the upper lefthand corner of phoneme
383
Where are stress diacritic symbols located?
Over the phoneme
384
Where are nasal diacritic symbols located?
Over the phoneme Under stress symbols
385
Where are sound source & larynx diacritic symbols located?
Under the phoneme Under tongue position symbols
386
Where are syllabic syllable diacritic symbols located?
Under the phoneme Under tongue position symbols Under sound source symbols
387
Where are offglide diacritic symbols located?
In the upper righthand corner of the phoneme
388
Where are stop-release diacritic symbols located?
In the upper righthand corner of phoneme
389
Where are timing diacritic symbols located?
To the right of phoneme
390
Where are juncture diacritic symbols located?
To the right of phoneme To the right of timing symbols
391
Why do individuals with Cleft Palate (or other velopharyngeal deficiencies) often have nasal emissions in their speech?
They cannot close their velopharyngeal port tightly
392
Nasal Symbols
Nasalized Nasal Emission Denasalized
393
Lip Symbols
Rounded Vowel Unrounded Vowel Labialized Consonant Nonlabialized Consonant Inverted Lip
394
Tongue Symbols
Dentalized Palatalized Lateralized Rhotacized Velarized Centralized Retracted Advanced Raised Lowered Fronted Backed Derhotacized
395
Sound Source Symbols
Partially Voiced Partially Devoiced Glottalized (Creaky Voice) Breathy (Murmured) Frictionalized Whistled (Hissed) Trilled
396
Stop-Release Symbols
Aspirated Unaspirated Unreleased
397
Timing & Juncture Symbols
Lengthened Shortened Close Juncture Syllabic Open Juncture Internal Open Juncture Falling Terminal Juncture Rising Terminal Juncture Checked (Held) Juncture
398
Spondees
Two syllable words that have equal stress on both syllables
399
Syllabification
When a consonant serves as a syllable nucleus
400
Articulation
Articulatory Placement
401
Pronunciation
The choices made my the speaker in production
402
Atlas of North American English
The summary of a large project of linguistic interviews with individuals from all over the US
403
Regional Dialect
Speech patterns specific to certain geographical locations
404
Dialect
A variety of a language that is mutually intelligible from all other dialects
405
The Pin-Pen Merger
The equating of /ɪ/ and /ɛ/ before a nasal consonant
406
Standard Language
The main language of an area
407
What is the official language or standard dialect of the United States?
We have neither
408
Vernacular Forms
Utterances that deviate from the predominant form of a language Nonstandard Forms
409
Stylistic Variations
Variations in speech that mark one's membership in a specific group
410
Metathesis
Switch the order of sounds /æks/ in place of /æsk/
411
Interdental Fricative Deletion
The absence of /θ/ or /ð/ It is often replaced with a dentalized /t/ or /d/, sometimes /f/ or /v/
412
Postvocalic /r/ Deletion
Only occurs word final /θo͞ʊ/ for "throw /flɑ:də/ for "Florida"
413
/l/ Vocalization
/l/ is changed to a vowel /fio/ or /fiə/ for "feel"
414
Cluster Differences
/ʃr/ and /str/ are changed to /sr/ "Shrimp" becomes /srɪmp/ "Street" becomes /skrit/ "Test" becomes /tɛs/
415
Monophthongization
When a diphthong is changed to a monophthong
416
Glide Onset Differences
/ju/ is changed to /u/ "Computer" becomes /kəmputə/