Phonectics- Ch 5

Question 1

Consonant

Answer 1

Phoneme produced with a constriction in the vocal tract; usually found at the beginning and the end of a syllable; generally shorter in duration and having higher frequency spectra than vowels

Question 2

Sonorant consonants/resonant consonants

Answer 2

Class of sounds produced with resonance throughout the entire vocal tract (ex nasals, glides, and liquids); they are produced with little constriction in the vocal tract and are therefore produced without much turbulence in the airstream coming from the larynx

Question 3

Obstruents/non-resonant consonants

Answer 3

Class of sounds (with a noise source) including stops, fricatives, and affricatives; produced with constriction in the oral cavity that results in turbulence in the airstream coming from the larynx

Question 4

Prevocalic

Answer 4

Consonants that occur before a vowel in any syllable

Question 5

Intervocalic

Answer 5

Consonants located between two vowels

Question 6

Syllabic

Answer 6

Consonant that serves as the nucleus of a syllable; /l,m,n/