Part 1 Definitions Flashcards

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Define ‘fricative’

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An obstruent consonant produced as a result of close approximation of two articulators

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Define ‘approximant’

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A consonant produced by bringing one articulator close to another without causing audible friction

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Define ‘affricate’

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A consonant that begins as a plosive (obstructed air flow) and ends as a fricative (releasing air to create audible friction) often in the same place of articulation

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Define ‘plosive/stop’

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A consonant formed by obstructing the air flow and then suddenly releasing to create audible friction

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Define ‘nasal’

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A speech sound made when

the airstream passes through the nose as a result of the lowering of the soft palate

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Define ‘fortis’

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Strongly articulated, uses muscular force and high breathe force

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Define ‘lenis’

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Weakly articulated, uses low muscular force and breathe force

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Define ‘voiceless’

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When the vocal folds are wide apart and air can freely flow through the glottis without creating vibrations

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Define ‘voiced’

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When the vocal folds are held loosely together, creating vibrations when the built-up air passes through the glottis

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Define ‘bilabial’

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A sound produced as a result of contact or close proximity of the upper and lower lip

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Define ‘labiodental’

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A sound produced as a result of contact or close proximity of the teeth and lips

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Define ‘alveolar’

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A sound produced as a result of contact or close proximity of the alveolar ridge (behind teeth) and the tip/blade of the tongue

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Define ‘dental’

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A sound produced as a result of contact or close proximity of the teeth and the tip/blade of the tongue

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Define ‘post/palato-alveolar’

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A sound produced as a result of contact or close proximity of the blade/tip of the tongue and the area between the alveolar ridge and hard palate

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Define ‘retroflex’

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A sound produced when the tongue is curled back in the direction of the front of the hard palate

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Define ‘palatal’

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A sound produced as a result of contact or close proximity of the hard palate and the front of the tongue

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Define ‘velar’

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A sound produced as a result of contact or close proximity of the soft palate/velum and the back of the tongue

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Define ‘uvular’

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A sound produced as a result of contact or close proximity of the uvula and the back of the tongue

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Define ‘pharygneal’

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A sound produced as a result of contact between the root of the tongue/epiglottis and the pharynx

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Define ‘glottal’

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A sound made in the larynx due to closure or narrowing of the glottis

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Define ‘sibilant/strident’

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A fricative articulated with a grooved tongue that creates a narrow passage, leading to turbulent air flow

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Define ‘sonorant’

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A speech sound that is produced with continuous, non-turbulent airflow in the vocal tract and allows spontaneous voicing

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Define ‘semi-vowel’

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Sounds that phonologically function as consonants but phonetically are articulated without the usual consonant characteristics

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Define ‘allophone’

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An audibly distinct variant of a phoneme that does not affect its function

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Define 'aspiration'
The audible breath that accompanies a sound's articulation, noted in superscript
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Define 'cardinal vowels'
A system devised by Daniel Jones, 1956. Standard reference points based on articulatory and auditory elements.
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Define 'consonant'
A sound made by closure of the vocal tract or narrowing to create turbulent airflow and friction
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Define 'vowel'
A sound made without closure or narrowing of the mouth, resulting in audible friction
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# Define 'phonemic transcription' Brackets?
Broad transcription, mental realisation of sounds, not the ones we actually hear Slant brackets //
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# Define 'phonetic transcription' Brackets?
Narrow transcription, recording variations in pronunciation that occur in normal speech such as aspiration Square brackets [ ]
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Define 'coronal'
Sounds that are produced by raising the tongue blade towards the teeth or hard palate
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Define 'dorsal'
Sounds produced by raising the back of the tongue towards the hard palate, soft palate/velum or uvula
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Define 'anterior'
Sounds produced with an obstruction located in the palato-alveolar region
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Define 'distributed'
Sounds produced with lengthy constriction in the direction of air flow (lots of contact in mouth)
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Define 'continuant'
Sounds produced when airflow is not completely blocked after the constriction (opposite to stop!)
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Define 'instantaneous release'
Sounds produced with a release that has little or no turbulence (plosives!)
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Define 'tense'
Sounds produced with more muscular effort
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Define 'lax'
Opposite of tense, sounds produced with less effort