Part Of Speech

Question 1

characteristics of speech sounds are phonetics how many are there?

Answer 1

There are 3 sounds, articulatory: phonetics sound of speech, acoustic how the sound moves , auditory = how we hear

Question 2

What are the vowels?

Answer 2

A i e u o

Question 3

What do we mean by “voiced”?

Answer 3

Voiced: When the vocal cords are drawn together, the air from the lungs repeatedly pushes them apart as it passes through, creating a vibration effect. Sounds produced in this way are described as voiced.

Question 4

What do we mean Voiceless?

Answer 4

Whenthevocalcordsarespreadapart,the air from the lungs passes between them unimpeded. Sounds produced in this way are described as voiceless.

Question 5

Voiced sounds:

Answer 5

V+ , z+, b+ ,w+ , m+ , n+ d+ , l+ , r+ ,g+ , thea ,

Question 6

Voiceless sounds?

Answer 6

F, h, s (shoes ) t, k, p ( pleasure)

Question 7

Place of articulation:

Answer 7

Bilabials, Labiodentals, Dentals, Alveolars, Palatals. Velars, Glottals

Question 8

Bilabials

Answer 8

These are sounds formed using both (= bi) upper and lower lips, [b] and [m] and [p] ex: way, pat, bat.

Question 9

Labiodentals

Answer 9

These are sounds formed with the upper teeth and the lower lip, ( f], which is voiceless, and [v] which is voiced)
Ex: safe, save

Question 10

Dentals

Answer 10

These sounds are formed with the tongue tip behind the upper front teeth.

Voiceless > [θ], usually referred to as ‘theta

symbol [ð], usually called ‘eth , voiced

feather, thus , there.

Question 11

Alveolars

Answer 11

These are sounds formed with the front part of the tongue on the alveolar ridge, which is the rough, bony ridge immediately behind and above the upper teeth./
[t] and [s] are voiceless. [d], [z] and [n] (l) are voiced.

Question 12

Palatals

Answer 12

back behind the alveolar ridge, a hard palate. Sounds are produced with the tongue and the palate. ( shout and child)
Sh as [ʃ] ch sound is represented as [tʃ]

[3] treasure and pleasure, or the final sound in rouge. The other voiced is [d], which is the initial sound in words like joke and gem. The word judge

J sound used at the beginning of words like you and yet.

Question 13

Velars

Answer 13

Even further back in the roof of the mouth, beyond the hard palate, a soft area called soft palate, Sounds produced with the back of the tongue against the velum are called velars.
( k - kill kid) (ŋ +)
voiced is g (bag, mug ).
‘ng’. So, the [ŋ] sound is at the end of sing, sang

Question 14

Glottals

Answer 14

Its one sound that is produced without using the tongue or any part of the mouth. Its the sound[ h]and its voiceless