Module 2 - Consonants, Vowels Flashcards
What is a phone?
Speech sound
What is a phoneme?
Language specific sounds
What is articulatory phonetics?
Study of the production of sounds produced by the vocal tract
What are articulators?
- Parts in our oral, nasal and pharangeal cavities that helps to shape speech sounds
What is included in the vocal tract?
All anatomy used to produce sound from lungs - layrnx - articulators
What is the first stage of speech production?
Respiration - source of air from lungs, pulmonic or exhale air
What is the second stage of speech production?
Phonation - buzzing sound generated by vocal folds. Raw ingredient of many sounds
What is the third stage of speech production?
Articulation - articulators move to transform sound to speech
What are consonants?
Speech sounds produced by obstruction of air-flow in the vocal tract, full stop or friction
What are vowels?
- Speech sounds that have no obstruction of air-flow in the vocal tract
Free flow of air through the vocal tract
Describe the Place in the IPA Chart?
The place is where the air is constricted
Describe the Manner in the IPA Chart
The way the air is obstructed (plosive, puffed out)
Describe Voice in the IPA Chart
Voiced means that vocal folds are vibrating
How do you describe consonants?
Voice - place - manner
/p/ : voiceless-bilabial-oral stop
Describe the place of bilabial sounds
2 lips together
Describe the place of Post-alveolar sounds
Tongue is raised to the area behind the alveolar ridge